# Incident 19840220011909I: Bell 206B3, Leeville, LA, February 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1984, 07:05 local time
- Place: Leeville, LA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.2480° N, 90.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2480&lon=-90.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16833, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16833-2012-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,311 total, 966 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840220011909I

## Narrative

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

LOST ROTOR RPM ON APPROACH TO HELIPAD. POPPED FLOATS AND WATER LANDED. ENGINE TOT WAS 870 DEGREES C. CAUSE UNDETERM

## Other reports on N16833 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811116084349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811116084349I), Nov 16, 1981: Bell 206B3 (N16833), Houma, LA, Minor damage. Main rotor pitch tube hit by main rotor of another helicopter prior to start, damage caused vibration on start up.

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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