28.9433° N, 95.3561° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 14, 1982 · 09:00 local
Place
Freeport, TX
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9946K
Reported as
Bell 212
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total2,000 in this make and model120 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.
Loud bang on climb out. Lost #2 engine. Landed on a nearby road. Front cross tube broke on landing.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD BANG ON CLIMB OUT. LOST #2 ENGINE. LANDED ON A NEARBY ROAD. FRONT CROSS TUBE BROKE ON LANDING.