# Accident 19820302046679A: Bell 206B, Cameron, LA, March 2, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1982, 12:50 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7952° N, 93.2916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cameron, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7952&lon=-93.2916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63AL-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,131 total, 810 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820302046679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAIL BOOM CONTACTED SAFETY NETTING DURING LANDING ON PLATFORM. SPUN AND INVERTED INTO WATER. (DISTANCE OF 117NM.)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82DA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA075), Mar 2, 1982: Bell 206B (N63AL), High Island Blk, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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