19931021047959I

Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico, LA · October 21, 1993

Date
October 21, 1993 · 13:47 local
Place
Gulf Of Mexico, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Aircraft
N57AL
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,883 total2,286 in this make and model64 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.

Total engine failure in flight. Autorotation to water. Deployed emergency raft.

As the FAA filed it

TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. AUTOROTATION TO WATER. DEPLOYED EMERGENCY RAFT.