# Accident 19910127002209A: Bell 206L1, Gulf Of Mexico, LA, January 27, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1991, 14:36 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LCFR
- Aircraft: N39HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39HC-1994-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 10,803 total, 7,050 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910127002209A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED OF LOW CEILING RAIN,FOG AND THUNDERSTORMS EN ROUTE. DEPARTED. PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND IN AREA THUNDERSTORM

## 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 FTW91FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA035), Jan 27, 1991: Bell 206L-1 (N39HC), S Tim Blk 198, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S), THE HELICOPER CRASHED AT SEA (GULF OF MEXICO) IN AN AREA WITH A LOW CEILING, RAIN, AND THUNDERSTORMS.

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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