# Incident 19950907043289I: Bell 206L3, Venice, LA, September 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1995, 10:05 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6603X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6603X) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,938 total, 954 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950907043289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1995, AT 1005, A BELL 206L-3 HELICOPTER, N6603X, OWNED BY PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. (PHI), EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC FAILURE DURING A PASSENGER/CARGO FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT THE VENICE, LOUISIANA BASE OF PHI. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO PERSONNEL. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, SP62, ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1995, AT 0955.

## Other reports on N6603X (1)

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

- [Accident 19990201001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990201001249A), Feb 1, 1999: Bell 206L3 (N6603X), Gulf Of Mexico, LA, Substantial damage. Petroleum helicopters 1990 Bell 206L-3 helicopter tail rotor struck the wind sock on landing, and the rotor sustained substantial damage. No injuries were…

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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