# Incident 20000614025119I: Bell 407, Gomex, LA, June 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2000, 06:49 local time
- Place: Gomex, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Aircraft: N437PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C47B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,438 total, 659 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614025119I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE AT A 700 FEET CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND TRIED TO REACH A SMALL PLATFORM (UNSUCCESSFULLY).  THE MGT EXCEEDED LIMITATIONS ALONG WITH APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE.  THE PILOT ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION, CLOSED THROTTLE AND SHUT OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY FROM THE ENGINE.  PILOT MADE A MAYDAY CALL AND GAVE HIS LOCATION.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH FLOATS DEPLOYED.

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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