# Accident 19890103000149A: Bell 206B, South Timbalier, LA, January 3, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1989, 12:50 local time
- Place: South Timbalier, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: HEEL
- Aircraft: N22704, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22704-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,522 total, 1,431 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890103000149A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON EXTERNAL LOAD FROM OIL PLATFORM. JETTISONED LOAD AND CRASHED IN WATER. COMPRESSOR WHEEL FAILED.

## 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 FTW89LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA036), Jan 3, 1989: Bell 206B-III (N22704), S.Timbalier 151, destroyed. Probable cause: A COLLISION BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PLATFORM DURING THE EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT SKID AND FLOAT TO SEPARATE AND DESTABILIZED THE AUTOROTATION. THE COLLISION WAS PROBABLY…

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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