# Incident 19950125007639I: Bell 206B3, Lafayette, LA, January 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1995, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: South Marsh 255
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IIFA
- 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: N21470, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21470) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,813 total, 950 in this make and model, 315 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950125007639I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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