# Incident 19881212068299I: Bell 206L1, Houma, LA, December 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1988, 07:15 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3890B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3890B-2011-08-31) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,662 total, 1,081 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212068299I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE NOISE AND YAW WHILE HOVERING. LANDED WITH POWER. SECURED AIRCRAFT. FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE TO COMPRESSOR.

## Other reports on N3890B (1)

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

- [Incident 19880330020419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880330020419I), Mar 30, 1988: Bell 206L1 (N3890B), Houma, LA, Minor damage. Collided with a parked helicopter during ground operations at the heliport.

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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