# Incident 19850108004889I: Bell 206L1, Port O'Connor, TX, January 8, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1985, 07:59 local time
- Place: Port O'Connor, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4460° N, 96.4201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port O'Connor, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4460&lon=-96.4201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2203E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2203E-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,252 total, 389 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850108004889I

## Narrative

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

HEARD NOISE OF ENGINE FAILURE, MADE WATER LANDING. FLOATS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. AIRCRAFT BROKE APART WHILE BEING TOWED.

## Other reports on N2203E (1)

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

- [Incident 19830331016389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331016389I), Mar 31, 1983: Bell 206L1 (N2203E), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot allowed the tail rotor to contact the windscreen of a parked aircraft while backing up for refueling.

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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