# Incident 19940722034759I: Bell 412, Lafayette, LA, July 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1994, 07:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7128R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7128R-2011-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 412 (registry code 1182202, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6 series (registry code 52033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- Reported engine: PWA PT6T3B
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,893 total, 3,399 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940722034759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT BELL 412, N7128R, AT STATIC REST, LOADING PASSENGERS, AND BEING REFUELED, EXPERIENCED THE AFT CROSS TUBE PARTING AS THE REFUELING OPERATION WAS COMPLETED. THE AFT CROSS TUBE ATTACHMENT AREA OF THE FUSELAGE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY MESSRS. T.C. LEE AND BANKS EDWARDS, IS THE PROPERTY OF PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

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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