# Incident 19890501038819I: Bell 222U, Houma, LA, May 1, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne Airport
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3217E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,420 total, 368 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890501038819I

## Narrative

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

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE. FOUND HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED. TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE COUNTER WEIGHT OUT OF RIG.

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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