29.5786° N, 90.7079° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 30, 1988 · 06:50 local
Place
Houma, LA
Airport
Placid Oil Company Heliport
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5749J
Reported as
Bell 206L1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,166 total144 in this make and model131 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.
Collided with a parked helicopter during ground operations at the heliport.
As the FAA filed it
COLLIDED WITH A PARKED HELICOPTER DURING GROUND OPERATIONS AT THE HELIPORT.