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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Gulf Mexico, LA · February 5, 1998

Date: February 5, 1998 · 09:05 local
Place: Gulf Mexico, LA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: IIFA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N375M
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,105 total7,400 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

N375MRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2006 · Bell 206BS/N 4162 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

The no. 7 bearing in the turbine failed due to oil stravation.

As the FAA filed it

THE NO. 7 BEARING IN THE TURBINE FAILED DUE TO OIL STRAVATION.