29.5665° N, 90.6604° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 6, 1997 · 09:15 local
Place
Houma, LA
Airport
Houma-Terrebonne Airport
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Aircraft
N818SH
Reported as
Bolkms BO105A
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,006 total710 in this make and model118 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: the exhaust stack departed the aircraft during takeoff and climbout. The aircraft was returned to the base for maintenance action. Maintenance personnel found exhaust clamp broken.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE EXHAUST STACK DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF AND CLIMBOUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE BASE FOR MAINTENANCE ACTION. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND EXHAUST CLAMP BROKEN.