# Accident 20050608011309A: Bell 206L1, Mouton Cove, LA, June 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2005, 06:30 local time
- Place: Mouton Cove, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A05A
- Location: 30.1833° N, 92.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1833&lon=-92.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2761X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,020 total, 115 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050608011309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED MOUTON COVE AT 0630 WITH 3 PAX FROM PMI-TO ACCOMPLISH CREW CHANGE AT WC 280. DEPARTED MTC ON APPROXIMATELY NORTHEAST HEADING. WHILE AT APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET AGL, SIMULTANEOUSLY HEARD THE ENGINE MAKE A POPPING NOISE AND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER WITH A RAPID DECELL OF N1-PERCENT ROTOR RPM. ENTERED AUTOROTATION-CLEARED TREES TO NORTH OF MTC, LANDED AIRCRAFT IN RICE PADDY. ON TOUCH DOWN TO RICE PADDY, MAINTAINED FULL AFT CYCLIC, WITH FULL COLLECTIVE TO ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AERODYNAMIC BREAKING AS POSSIBLE SO AIRCRAFT WOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE FORWARD MOTION. THIS RESULTED IN MAIN ROTOR CONTACTING TAILBOOM AS AIRCRAFT SETTLED IN MUD.

## 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 DFW05CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA149), Jun 8, 2005: Bell 206L-1 (N2761X), Moulton Cove, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to foreign object ingestion into the compressor. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain (swampy) for the forced landing.

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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