# Incident 19850321019039I: Bell 212, Morgan City, LA, March 21, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1985, 12:45 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Airport: Eugene Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N49613, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49613-2001-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 212 (registry code 1181420, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,121 total, 1,388 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850321019039I

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR OF PARKED N22718 CAME UNTIED. BLADE TURNED STRIKING TAIL ROTOR OF DESCENDING N49613 AT OFFSHORE HELIPAD.

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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