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Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp AS 355F1 · Houma, LA · June 10, 1989

Date
June 10, 1989 · 11:10 local
Place
Houma, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Aircraft
N5775Y
Reported as
Aerosp AS355F1
Reported engine
Allison 250C20F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,920 total1,496 in this make and model29 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.

Severe rotor vibration. Precautionary landing on road. Had spherical bearing failure.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE ROTOR VIBRATION. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON ROAD. HAD SPHERICAL BEARING FAILURE.