# Accident 19820413009289A: Bell 206B, Venice, LA, April 13, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1982, 17:27 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,623 total, 1,609 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820413009289A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER DEPARTING OIL RIG,HAD MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.DITCHED IN GULF.CHOPPER SANK AND WASN'T RECOVERED.

## 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 FTW82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA127), Apr 13, 1982: Bell 206B (N41AL), West Delta 105d, destroyed

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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