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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp AS 355F1 · Gulf Of Mexico, LA · June 5, 1989

Date
June 5, 1989 · 16:50 local
Place
Gulf Of Mexico, LA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5793Z
Reported as
Aerosp AS355F1
Reported engine
Allison 250C20F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,033 total239 in this make and model169 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.

Aircraft yawed on takeoff. Returned. Found oil cooler fan cowling missing. Latches had failed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT YAWED ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND OIL COOLER FAN COWLING MISSING. LATCHES HAD FAILED.