# Incident 19880806071059I: Bell 222U, Cameron, LA, August 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.7890° N, 93.2903° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7890&lon=-93.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3190K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,491 total, 958 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88IA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806071059I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY AT NEAREST AIRSTRIP. FATIGUE CRACKS NOT TIMELY FIXED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW88IA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA145), Aug 7, 1988: Bell 222UT (N3190K), Cameron, LA, incident, minor damage

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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