# Incident 19971105043099I: Bell 214ST, St295, LA, November 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1997, 19:20 local time
- Place: St295, LA
- Airport: Gulf Mexico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Aircraft: N8045T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8045T-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 214ST (registry code 1182106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-214st) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7 series (registry code 30030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 214ST
- Reported engine: GE CT72A
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,986 total, 750 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971105043099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE COPILOT'S OVERHEAD WINDOW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE REDUCED AND FLIGHT TO FOURCHON, LA CONTINUED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WINDOW.

## Other reports on N8045T (1)

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

- [Incident 19951226046599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951226046599I), Dec 26, 1995: Bell 214ST (N8045T), Morgan City, LA, Minor damage. Narrative: on December 26, 1995, at 7:42 CST, a Bell 214st helicopter, operated by petroleum helicopters, inc., experienced an inadvertent inflation of the…

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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