# Incident 20050327006139I: Bell 206B, LA, March 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2005, 07:58 local time
- Place: LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Aircraft: N70Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70Q-2010-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,292 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050327006139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 2005, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N70Q, A BELL 206 EXPERIENCED A MINOR LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE POWER LOSS COULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY DETERMINED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED, AT A REDUCED POWER SETTING, TO HIS DESTINATION, INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA, LOCATED NEAR THE LOUISIANA COASTAL AREA. SHORTLY AFTER THE EMERGENCY RADIO TRANSMISSIONS WERE COMPLETED, THE BASE OF OPERATIONS NOTIFIED AND AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 100 FEET, THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER. THE PILOT IN COMMAND ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION, INFLATED THE FLOTATION EQUIPMENT AT THE RECOMMENDED ALTITUDE AND COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL WATER LANDING. DURING THE LANDING PHASE OR VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE LEFT WINDSCREEN SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE WAVE ACTION. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT AND CONTINUED TO FLOAT. A PASSING SHRIMP VESSEL SIGHTED THE FLOATING AIRCRAFT, REALIZED THE SAFETY SITUATION AND PROCEEDED TO THE AIRCRAFT POSITION. DURING THE RESCUE EFFORT, THE SHRIMP BOAT CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT, APPARENTLY DAMAGING THE FLOTATION EQUIPMENT AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TOPPLE OVER. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY SANK TO THE OCEAN BOTTOM.

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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