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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Houma, LA · June 27, 1988

Date: June 27, 1988 · 13:03 local
Place: Houma, LA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2611
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW88DRD10
Reported as: Bell 206L1
Reported engine: Allison 250C28B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total4,000 in this make and model146 in the last 90 days

N2611Registered now · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45417 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250-C28 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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Engine quit en route. Autorotated to a hard landing chopping off tailboom. Found water in fuel control unit.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. AUTOROTATED TO A HARD LANDING CHOPPING OFF TAILBOOM. FOUND WATER IN FUEL CONTROL UNIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW88DRD10Accident · No injuriesFinal reportHouma, LAShortly after liftoff, the helicopter experienced a power loss at 300 feet. During the emergency landing in a wet swampy area with very high vegetation, the helicopter landed hard, and the main rotor blades struck the tailboom. At a post accident inspection,…Jun 27, 1988 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2611 · 2

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

Accident 20250723011679AManeuver · Thibodaux, LAOn July 23, 2025, about 0630 central daylight time, a Bell 206L-1 helicopter, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Thibodaux, Louisiana. The operator reported the accident occurred during the first flight of the day while the pilot was…Jul 23, 2025 · Destroyed · 1 fatal Incident 20110222004039IClimb · Abbeville, LAWhile performing a maintenance operation check flight after the engine hot section had been removed and reinstalled the night before, the engine failed (quit) during climp out. The pilot autorotated onto a hard surface road without further incident. Minor…Feb 22, 2011 · Minor damage