# Incident 20041030032439I: Bolkms BO105S, Cameron, LA, October 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2004, 07:45 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.7952° N, 93.2916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cameron, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7952&lon=-93.2916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7136H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7136H-2005-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105S
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041030032439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE NO. 1 ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A SINGLE ENGINE RUN-ON LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE NO. 1 ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE OPERATING ENGINE AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH THE AIRCRAFT PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH THE AID OF TWO PERSONS ON THE GROUND ALSO EQUIPPED WITH PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NO. 1 ENGINE OIL RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL WAS EVIDENT INSIDE THE NO. 1 ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. THE TEAR DOWN ANALYSIS OF THE ENGINE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO OIL STARVATION. THE ABSOLUTE SOURCE OF THE OIL LEAK COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. AN ALUMINUM ALLOY ELBOW FITTING IN THE OIL SYSTEM VENT LINE APPEARED TO BE FRACTURED AND IS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THE OIL LEAK. THE FITTING WAS SENT TO A METALLURGIST FOR ANALYSIS.

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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