# Accident 20040929022539A: Bell 206L, Belle Chasse, LA, September 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2004, 06:00 local time
- Place: Belle Chasse, LA
- Airport: Panther Helicopters Inc Helpor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PBVA
- Location: 29.1667° N, 88.4500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1667&lon=-88.4500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34CA-2006-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20R2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,300 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040929022539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT PULLED COLLECTIVE TO SLOW HELICOPTER, POWER DECREASED. PILOT LOOKED AT THE GAUGES AND NOTICED N2 AND NR FELL TO 90%. PILOT DITCHED HELICOPTER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA132), Sep 29, 2004: Bell 206L (N34CA), Gulf of Mexico, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons while on short final to land on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, which resulted in the pilot ditching the helicopter into the water.

## Other reports on N34CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19981119031429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981119031429I), Nov 19, 1998: Bell 206L (N34CA), Minor damage. Student pilot was practicing auto rotations in a Bell 206L helocopter and allowed the main rotor rmp to drop too low

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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