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FAA incident report · Bell 206L1 · New York, NY · December 6, 1997

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Date
December 6, 1997 · 16:00 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
S Marsh Island
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57504
Reported as
Bell 206L1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total126 in this make and model106 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: Mr. John e. ward, holder of commercial pilot certificate no.429983630, on December 6, 1997 was involved in an incident offshore at south Marsh Island block 22. This incident was reported by telephone on December 8, 1997, by air logistics' chief pilot, carl brown. Mr. Brown stated that a helicopter owned and operated by air logistics, inc., was being flown by Mr. Ward when the aircraft's vertical fin struck the platform at south Marsh Island block 22. Mr. Ward, without a maintenance notification and release, flew the aircraft to south Marsh Island block 23 and subsequently reported the damage to air logistics' maintenance personnel. Extensive damage was done to the tailboom assembly predicating removal and replacement of the tailboom and all related components. privacy data omitted Amended 02/26/98 follows: on December 6, 1997, at 1600 central standard time, a Bell, model 206L1, helicopter, N57504, registered to air logistics, inc., collided with a safety rail on landing at south Marsh Island block 22, while on a CFR 135 flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight following plan was filed. The aircraft had minor damage and the pilot in command and passenger were not injured. The pilot allowed the aircrft to descend below the platform height at his intended point of landing, striking the platform safety rail. Damage, while considered to be minor, rendered the aircraft unairworthy and it was subsequently flown to south Marsh Island block 23 before maintenance was notified. The flight originated from an offshore platform in the gulf of Mexico on December 6, 1997.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. JOHN E. WARD, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO.429983630, ON DECEMBER 6, 1997 WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT OFFSHORE AT SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 22. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY TELEPHONE ON DECEMBER 8, 1997, BY AIR LOGISTICS' CHIEF PILOT, CARL BROWN. MR. BROWN STATED THAT A HELICOPTER OWNED AND OPERATED BY AIR LOGISTICS, INC., WAS BEING FLOWN BY MR. WARD WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S VERTICAL FIN STRUCK THE PLATFORM AT SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 22. MR. WARD, WITHOUT A MAINTENANCE NOTIFICATION AND RELEASE, FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 23 AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THE DAMAGE TO AIR LOGISTICS' MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE TAILBOOM ASSEMBLY PREDICATING REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TAILBOOM AND ALL RELATED COMPONENTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AMENDED 02/26/98 FOLLOWS: ON DECEMBER 6, 1997, AT 1600 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELL, MODEL 206L1, HELICOPTER, N57504, REGISTERED TO AIR LOGISTICS, INC., COLLIDED WITH A SAFETY RAIL ON LANDING AT SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 22, WHILE ON A CFR 135 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRFT TO DESCEND BELOW THE PLATFORM HEIGHT AT HIS INTENDED POINT OF LANDING, STRIKING THE PLATFORM SAFETY RAIL. DAMAGE, WHILE CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR, RENDERED THE AIRCRAFT UNAIRWORTHY AND IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN TO SOUTH MARSH ISLAND BLOCK 23 BEFORE MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON DECEMBER 6, 1997.