# Incident 19880512021139I: Bell 206L1, Freeport, TX, May 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1988, 08:09 local time
- Place: Freeport, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GURA
- Location: 28.9433° N, 95.3561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9433&lon=-95.3561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5755N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5755N-2007-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,279 total, 332 in this make and model, 191 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880512021139I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RPM STARTED TO DECAY. FORCED AUTOROTATION TO OCEAN. PICKED UP BY COAST GUARD. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N5755N (2)

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

- [Incident 19900413019119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900413019119I), Apr 13, 1990: Bell 206L1 (N5755N), Gulf Of Mexico, TX. Noise and power loss. Auto-rotated to off shore platform. First stage turbine wheel had burst.
- [Incident 19900201006369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900201006369I), Feb 1, 1990: Bell 206L1 (N5755N), Freeport, TX, Minor damage. Made a hard landing while trying to land in parking lot. Lost left pedal effect. Spun 3 times. Entered autorotation

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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