# Incident 19820401021409I: Bell 206B, Cameron, LA, April 1, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1982, 09:01 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N90166 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,714 total, 485 in this make and model, 236 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820401021409I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN LEVEL FLIGHT. PILOT MADE AUTOROTATION TO WATER. FAILED PART WAS ELBOW PRESSURE PROBE NO N6850921.

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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