# Incident 19950903043259I: Bell 206L3, Intracoastal Ci, LA, September 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1995, 08:50 local time
- Place: Intracoastal Ci, LA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.7844° N, 92.1562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Intracoastal City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7844&lon=-92.1562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6160Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6160Z-2018-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,388 total, 4,992 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950903043259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 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 LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM ON WHICH TO LAND. ABOUT 2 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LOSING HYDRAULIC POWER. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC ASSIST. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO PERSONNEL. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EI349B IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1995, AT 0841. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILURE OF A HYDRAULIC HOSE, PART NO. 70-053HA000A100A.

## Other reports on N6160Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19940815046149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940815046149I), Aug 15, 1994: Bell 206L3 (N6160Z), Patterson, LA, Minor damage. Battery compartment door came open. Antenna cracked windshield.

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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