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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Morgan City, LA · September 27, 1997

Date
September 27, 1997 · 07:40 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Aircraft
N107X
Reported as
Bell 412
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6T3B
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,259 total2,218 in this make and model53 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: twenty minutes into flight, the no. 1 engine flamed out. Uneventful single engine landing was made. Maintenance investigation revealed internal spline failure of pump and coupling drive.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: TWENTY MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, THE NO. 1 ENGINE FLAMED OUT. UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED INTERNAL SPLINE FAILURE OF PUMP AND COUPLING DRIVE.