# Incident 19880502032779I: Bell 206B, Galveston, TX, May 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1988, 07:35 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Block 391
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2763N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2763N-2012-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,937 total, 4,754 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880502032779I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20020622014629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622014629I), Jun 22, 2002: Bell 206B (N2763N). (-23) On June 22, 2002, a Bell 206B3 tailnumber N2763N, landed overwater after experiencing a power loss while flying between st. croix, usvi and buck island.…

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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