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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Galveston, TX · May 2, 1988

Date
May 2, 1988 · 07:35 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Block 391
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Aircraft
N2763N
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,937 total4,754 in this make and model92 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 on approach to off shore platform. Autorotated to water landing. Cause of problem could not be found.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON APPROACH TO OFF SHORE PLATFORM. AUTOROTATED TO WATER LANDING. CAUSE OF PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND.

Other reports on N2763N · 1

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