# Incident 19940125006919I: Bell 412, Sabine Pass, TX, January 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1994, 16:40 local time
- Place: Sabine Pass, TX
- Airport: Air Logistics Sabine Heliport
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7138° N, 93.9133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Air Logistics Sabine Heliport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7138&lon=-93.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2071S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,397 total, 344 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940125006919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING FINAL APPROACH TO THE HELIPORT, THE NO. 2 ENGINE DECELERATED TO FLIGHT IDLE. THE FLIGHT CREW SWITCHED THE NO. 2 ENGINE GOVERNOR TO THE EMERGENCY POSITION AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN THE ENGINE TO NORMAL OPERATING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOR OFFSHORE LOGISTICS REVEALED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE DECELERATION WAS DUE TO AN AIR LEAK IN THE GOVERNOR SYSTEM CAUSED BY A DETERIORATED "O" RING IN A FITTING. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATOR CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT.

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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