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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-3 · Patterson, LA · August 15, 1994

Date: August 15, 1994 · 07:45 local
Place: Patterson, LA
Airport: Harry P Williams Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6160Z
Reported as: Bell 206L3
Reported engine: Allison 250C30P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,472 total2,100 in this make and model244 in the last 90 days

N6160ZRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 2018 · Bell 206L-3S/N 51610 · Built 1992 Airframe modelBell 206L-3 Engine modelAllison 250-C30 seriesTurbo-shaft

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Battery compartment door came open. Antenna cracked windshield.

As the FAA filed it

BATTERY COMPARTMENT DOOR CAME OPEN. ANTENNA CRACKED WINDSHIELD.

Other reports on N6160Z · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19950903043259IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Intracoastal Ci, LANarrative: on September 3, 1995, at 0850, a Bell 206L-3 helicopter owned by petroleum helicopters, inc., experienced a loss of hydraulic assist during a routine passenger/cargo flight. In cruise flight, a loud noise began coming from overhead. The pilot began…Sep 3, 1995