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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 212 · Gulf Of Mexico, LA · April 28, 1993

Date: April 28, 1993 · 08:05 local
Place: Gulf Of Mexico, LA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HXCA
Aircraft: N288CA
Reported as: Bell 212
People aboard: 13
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,200 total1,500 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N288CARegistration cancelled Apr 12, 1994 · Bell Helicopter Textron 212S/N 30771 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 212

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.

Lost right engine cowl in flight. Landed on offshore oil platform. Latch assembly failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST RIGHT ENGINE COWL IN FLIGHT. LANDED ON OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM. LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED.