# Incident 19971101042959I: Bell 206L3, November 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1997, 07:10 local time
- Airport: Gulf Mexico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Aircraft: N366AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N366AL-1999-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,707 total, 82 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971101042959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT (700 FEET ASL) THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT VERIFIED ENGINE HAD SUIT BY TURBINE OUTLET TEMP. AND GAS PRODUCER. RPM WAS ZERO. THE PILOT PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATION TO WATER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY ROLLED OVER AND WAS FURTHER DAMAGED ON RECOVERY. TEAR DOWN INSPECTION OF THE TURBINE VERIFIED FIRST STAGE TURBINE WHEEL BURST, WHICH WAS CONTAINED BY THE CONTAINMENT RING ASSEMBLY WITH EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE GAS PRODUCER SUPPORT DUE TO DEFORMATION OF THE CONTAINMENT RING.

## Other reports on N366AL (1)

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

- [Incident 19950723032309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950723032309I), Jul 23, 1995: Bell 206L3 (N366AL), Gulf Of Mexico, LA, Minor damage. Landing on offshore platform. Tail rotor and vertical fin struck guard rail fencing.

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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