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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico, TX · July 4, 1993

Date: July 4, 1993 · 17:40 local
Place: Gulf Of Mexico, TX
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HXCA
Aircraft: N906CA
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total6,500 in this make and model102 in the last 90 days

N906CARegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Bell 206BS/N 4078 · Built 1989 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Engine failure on repositioning flight. Landed on water with floats. Aircraft sank after several hours.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE ON REPOSITIONING FLIGHT.LANDED ON WATER WITH FLOATS. AIRCRAFT SANK AFTER SEVERAL HOURS.