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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Sabine, TX · October 3, 1995

Date: October 3, 1995 · 17:38 local
Place: Sabine, TX
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Aircraft: N3181Y
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,340 total199 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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 October 3, 1995, at 1738, a Bell 206B-III helicopter, N3181Y, owned by petroleum helicopter, inc., experienced compressor stalls followed by an engine chip light during a passenger/cargo flight. The cause was later determined to be a no. 1 engine bearing failure. Visual flight rules (VFR) conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft landed on the beach with no damage or injury to personnel. The pilot holds a commercial pilot certificate. The flight originated from an offshore platform (HI60) on October 3, 1995, at 1735.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 3, 1995, AT 1738, A BELL 206B-III HELICOPTER, N3181Y, OWNED BY PETROLEUM HELICOPTER, INC., EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS FOLLOWED BY AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT DURING A PASSENGER/CARGO FLIGHT. THE CAUSE WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE A NO. 1 ENGINE BEARING FAILURE. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE BEACH WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURY TO PERSONNEL. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM (HI60) ON OCTOBER 3, 1995, AT 1735.