19950125007639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B3 · Lafayette, LA · January 25, 1995

Date: January 25, 1995 · 15:15 local
Place: Lafayette, LA
Airport: South Marsh 255
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: IIFA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N21470
Reported as: Bell 206B3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,813 total950 in this make and model315 in the last 90 days

N21470Registered now · Bell 206BS/N 3467 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Narrative: on January 25, 1995, the pilot of N21470 states that he was landing at smi 255 #1, an offshore platform, to pick up a passenger when he heard a noise and felt a vibration. The pilot stopped his approach and hovered over the platform. When the vibration did not stop, he landed the helicopter and completed an emergency shut down. It was noted during inspection of the tail rotor that it had come in contact with wire mesh on the helideck. The pilot notified operations personnel at industrial helicopters and secured the helicopter.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 25, 1995, THE PILOT OF N21470 STATES THAT HE WAS LANDING AT SMI 255 #1, AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM, TO PICK UP A PASSENGER WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE AND FELT A VIBRATION. THE PILOT STOPPED HIS APPROACH AND HOVERED OVER THE PLATFORM. WHEN THE VIBRATION DID NOT STOP, HE LANDED THE HELICOPTER AND COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN. IT WAS NOTED DURING INSPECTION OF THE TAIL ROTOR THAT IT HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH WIRE MESH ON THE HELIDECK. THE PILOT NOTIFIED OPERATIONS PERSONNEL AT INDUSTRIAL HELICOPTERS AND SECURED THE HELICOPTER.