19820116001089A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Houma, LA · January 16, 1982

Date
January 16, 1982 · 13:50 local
Place
Houma, LA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1081H
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82FA041
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
13,982 total986 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into near zero visibility in fog. Struck water in a lake while starting a turn around. Not advised of poor wx.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN FOG. STRUCK WATER IN A LAKE WHILE STARTING A TURN AROUND. NOT ADVISED OF POOR WX.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.