19881121065839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Gulf Of Mexico, LA · November 21, 1988

Date
November 21, 1988 · 15:05 local
Place
Gulf Of Mexico, LA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3909F
Reported as
Bell 412
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,394 total7,366 in this make and model154 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke from center console followed by other electrical problems. Circuit breaker popped. Bellcrank chaffing on wire

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FROM CENTER CONSOLE FOLLOWED BY OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. BELLCRANK CHAFFING ON WIRE

Other reports on N3909F · 1

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