# Incident 19970131009439I: Bell 206L1, Morgan City, LA, January 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZV1A
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5007F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5007F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,740 total, 3,640 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970131009439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 31, 1997, AT 1530 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELL, MODEL 206-L1, N5007F, OPERATED BY MOBIL BUSINESS RESOURCES, INC., EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A PHOTOGRAPHY MISSION AT AN UNRECOVERABALE ALTITUDE. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE USED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREEN CANYON, BLOCK 18, GULF OF MEXICO ON JANUARY 31, 1997, AT 1500 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME

## Other reports on N5007F (1)

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

- [Accident 20041209031399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041209031399A), Dec 9, 2004: Bell 206L1 (N5007F), Patterson, LA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 12/09/2004, 07:25, N5007F departed SS-198 with pilot (only) on board with approximately 450 lbs of fuel. As the visibility dropped the pilot elected…

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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