# Accident 20050818026769A: Bell 206B, Cameron, LA, August 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2005, 14:10 local time
- Place: Cameron, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 28.2700° N, 93.1683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2700&lon=-93.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167H-2007-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,936 total, 18 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050818026769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM, WITNESSES STATED "SOUNDED LIKE THE HELICOPTER LOST POWER". HELICOPTER STRUCK THE PLATFORM APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BELOW HELIDECK, THEN FELL INTO THE WATERS OF THE GULD OF MEXICO. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING POWER AND NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LINES.

## 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 DFW05FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA217), Aug 18, 2005: Bell 206B (N167H), Gulf of Mexico, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's improper fuel calculations.

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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