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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 212 · Gulf Of Mexico, TX · August 15, 1984

Date
August 15, 1984 · 08:55 local
Place
Gulf Of Mexico, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N90222
Reported as
Bell 212
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6T3
People aboard
12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total2,000 in this make and model80 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 noise, NR2 engine over temped and shut down. Unable to hold altitude float, landed in Gulf. Turbine failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE, NR2 ENGINE OVER TEMPED AND SHUT DOWN. UNABLE TO HOLD ALTITUDE FLOAT, LANDED IN GULF. TURBINE FAILURE.