# Incident 19830714036849I: Aerosp AS355F, Morgan City, LA, July 14, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1983, 06:49 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57967, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57967-1988-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 355F1 (registry code 8680810, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP AS355F
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830714036849I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED AND LANDED. LEFT ENGINE COWLING CAME LOOSE. DAMAGED ROTOR BLADES.

## Other reports on N57967 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860718034609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860718034609A), Jul 18, 1986: Aerosp AS355F1 (N57967), Morgan City, LA, Destroyed. The helicopter disintegrated from ground resonance on landing. 3 gearbox support bars showed fatigue fractures.

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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