19990625025139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Morgan City, LA · June 25, 1999

Date: June 25, 1999 · 07:45 local
Place: Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2148K
Reported as: Bell 412
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,816 total708 in this make and model186 in the last 90 days

N2148KRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2011 · Bell 412S/N 36001 · Built 1989 Airframe modelBell 412 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot's crew door came off the aircraft in cruise flight. The aircraft was landed safely on an offshore platform in the gulf of Mexico. Investigation revealed that the door latch retention spring pulled through the airframe bracket, causing the spring to loose tension and subsequently allowing the door hinge pins to work loose from the door hinge.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT'S CREW DOOR CAME OFF THE AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SAFELY ON AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE DOOR LATCH RETENTION SPRING PULLED THROUGH THE AIRFRAME BRACKET, CAUSING THE SPRING TO LOOSE TENSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOWING THE DOOR HINGE PINS TO WORK LOOSE FROM THE DOOR HINGE.

Other reports on N2148K · 2

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

Incident 19960529040999IPwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft · Lafayette, LALanded. Throttle to ground idle. Aft cross tube broke. Aircraft rolled. Broken section stopped rollover. Tube bent.May 29, 1996 · Minor damage Incident 19950816031019INormal Cruise · Morgan City, LAGovernor failed NR2 engine. Used manual. Returned to Morgan City.Aug 16, 1995