# Accident 19920215005759A: Bell 206L3, South Pelto 1, LA, February 15, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1992, 13:00 local time
- Place: South Pelto 1, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Aircraft: N3120X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3120X-1995-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,117 total, 87 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920215005759A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED IMC VFR,GOT VERTIGO,LOST CONTROL AND ENTERED WATER,MOVING BACKWARD. PILOT NOT IFR RATED. NO WX BRIEFING.

## 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 FTW92LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA070), Feb 15, 1992: Bell 206L-3 (N3120X), South Pelto #1, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO CONTROL THE HELICOPTER DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS WERE THE FOG AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

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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