# Incident 19990625025139I: Bell 412, Morgan City, LA, June 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1999, 07:45 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2148K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2148K-2011-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 412 (registry code 1182202, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 series (registry code 52103, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,816 total, 708 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625025139I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19960529040999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960529040999I), May 29, 1996: Bell 412 (N2148K), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Landed. Throttle to ground idle. Aft cross tube broke. Aircraft rolled. Broken section stopped rollover. Tube bent.
- [Incident 19950816031019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950816031019I), Aug 16, 1995: Bell 412 (N2148K), Morgan City, LA. Governor failed NR2 engine. Used manual. Returned to Morgan City.

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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