# Incident 19830204009759I: Bell 412, Galveston, TX, February 4, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1983, 09:53 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,238 total, 568 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830204009759I

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING ON A DRILLING PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO PILOT STRUCK A GUARD RAIL.

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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