# Incident 19881030048599I: Bell 206L1, Brownsville, TX, October 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1988, 14:47 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RMXA
- Location: 26.4695° N, 97.7799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4695&lon=-97.7799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2092U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881030048599I

## Narrative

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

FIRST STAGE TURBINE WHEEL FAILED ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. AUTOROTATED ONTO A TAXIWAY SAFELY.

## 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 FTW89IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89IA011), Oct 30, 1988: Bell 206 L-1 (N2092U), Brownsville, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO THE THERMAL FATIGUE OF THE FIRST STAGE TRUBINE WHEEL.

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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