# Incident 20040724017969I: Bell 206L3, Patterson, LA, July 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2004, 07:25 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EGIA
- Location: 29.6909° N, 91.3095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patterson, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6909&lon=-91.3095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3195S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3195S-2018-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040724017969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 24 JULY, 2004, A BELL HELICOPTER, MODEL 206-L3, N3185S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY EVERGREEN HELICOPTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (EGIA), EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT TO REPOSITION THE HELICOPTER TO AN OFFSHORE LOCATION. A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING TO THE WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

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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