19850104004849I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Bolkms BO-105C · Grand Isle, LA · January 4, 1985

Date
January 4, 1985 · 09:08 local
Place
Grand Isle, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N151BB
Reported as
Bolkms BO105C
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,100 total500 in this make and model193 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.

Lost power in both engines. Landed in water. Aircraft sank. Salt water destroyed aircraft and causal evidence.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER IN BOTH ENGINES. LANDED IN WATER. AIRCRAFT SANK. SALT WATER DESTROYED AIRCRAFT AND CAUSAL EVIDENCE.