# Incident 19851228069409I: Bell 206L1, West Delta, LA, December 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1985, 07:50 local time
- Place: West Delta, LA
- Airport: Block 79
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N57494 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,887 total, 2,259 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228069409I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE DECELERATION AND YAW PRECEEDED AUTOROTATION TO WATER. UNDETERMINED ENGINE PROBLEM.

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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