# Incident 19960624041399I: Bell 412, Venice, LA, June 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1996, 15:40 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- 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: N3893P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960624041399I

## Narrative

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

LANDING OFFSHORE PLATFORM. LOUD CRACK LOWERING COLLECTIVE. HOVERED. CROSSTUBE BROKE. RETURNED BASE. SADDLE CLAMP.

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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