# Incident 19941125047769I: Bell 412, Lafayette, LA, November 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1994, 23:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3893N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3893N-2011-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 412 (registry code 1182202, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series (registry code 52103, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,180 total, 2,766 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941125047769I

## Narrative

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

DURING HOVER FOR TAKEOFF LOST NR1 ENGINE MAX POWER 85 PERCENT. N1 INCREASING. SHUTDOWN. GOVERNOR FUEL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N3893N (2)

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

- [Incident 19950517028799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950517028799I), May 17, 1995: Bell 412 (N3893N), Sabine, TX. Pulling pitch to lift to hover. Needles split. Aborted. Replaced governor on NR2 engine.
- [Incident 19950504018629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950504018629I), May 4, 1995: Bell 412 (N3893N), Sabine, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on may 4, 1995, at 5:41 am, Bell helicopter, model 412, N3893N, operated by petroleum helicopters, inc. (phi), was en route to an offshore platform…

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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