# Incident 19990918027929I: Bell 206B, Gulf Of Mexico, TX, September 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1999, 11:57 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, TX
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EGIA
- Aircraft: N108FH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108FH-2006-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,802 total, 2,435 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918027929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1999, THIS AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING ENROUTE TO OIL PLATFORM WC 153 FROM WC 277, IN THE GULF OF MEXICO DUE TO ENGINE POWER LOSS. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE TWO (2) PASSENGERS AND ONE CREW WERE UNINJURED.  INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED THAT THE ENGINE POWER LOSS WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE ENGINE POWER TURBINE FUEL GOVERNOR.  PLEASE SEE ATTACHED REPORT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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