# Incident 19980623044379I: Bell 206L1, Lake Charles, LA, June 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1998, 06:57 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5019F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 456 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980623044379I

## Narrative

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

(-5)DURING AN OPERATIONS CHECK FLIGHT, FOLLOWING THE MAIN TRANSMISSION CHANGE, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED AND THE GAUGE WAS PASSING DOWN THROUGH THE LOW RED LINE. THE PILOT THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING/SHUT DOWN.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT THE REASON FOR THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND THE GAUGE PASSING DOWN THROUGH RED LINE WAS BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION OIL FILTER BOWL RETAINER STUD HAD PULLED OUT OF THE HOUSING ASSEMBLY.

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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