# Incident 20000817024219I: Bell 206L3, Grand Isle, LA, August 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Grand Isle, LA
- Airport: Exxon Heliport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.2547° N, 89.9673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Exxon Heliport (0LA7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2547&lon=-89.9673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3116P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000817024219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT EXPERIENCED LIMITED TAIL ROTOR CONTROL IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A RUN-ON LANDING WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT A FOREIGN TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE DRIVE PIN HAD BECOME LOGDED IN THE PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHAT MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY LEFT THE PIN IN THE PITCH CHANGE SHAFT.

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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