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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L1 · Freshwater City, LA · June 24, 1997

Date
June 24, 1997 · 18:05 local
Place
Freshwater City, LA
Phase of flight
Slope Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5740L
Reported as
Bell 206L1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,612 total43 in this make and model43 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 pilot diverted and landed at fresh water city, Louisiana due to weather. Touch down was on a slope, resulting in tail boom oscillation. Tail boom, tail rotor drive shaft, and cowling damage precipitated from the oscillation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DIVERTED AND LANDED AT FRESH WATER CITY, LOUISIANA DUE TO WEATHER. TOUCH DOWN WAS ON A SLOPE, RESULTING IN TAIL BOOM OSCILLATION. TAIL BOOM, TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT, AND COWLING DAMAGE PRECIPITATED FROM THE OSCILLATION.