# Incident 19951101045109I: Bell 214ST, Venice, LA, November 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1995, 10:00 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal 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: N3897N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 214ST
- Reported engine: GE CT72A
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,938 total, 1,035 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951101045109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 1, 1995, AT 1000 CST, A BELL 214ST HELICOPTER, N3897N, OPERATED BY PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. (PHI), WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE NO. 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOST PRESSURE. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE VENICE, LOUISIANA, BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PHI'S AIR TAXI CERTIFICATE HEEA617E UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WITH A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN AND FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES. THE PILOTS' RECORDS WERE EXAMINED AND BOTH PILOTS WERE FOUND TO BE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED WITH CURRENT MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PHI'S BASE IN VENICE, LOUISIANA, ON NOVEMBER 1, 1995, AT 0945 CST SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY PHI MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE NO. 2 HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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