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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L4 · Gulf Of Mexico, US · March 26, 2006

Date
March 26, 2006 · 15:30 local
Place
Gulf Of Mexico, US
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
YTRA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N317RL
Reported as
Bell 206L4
Reported engine
Allison 250C30P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,800 total1,398 in this make and model117 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was leaving west delta 90 platform, pilot felt a lateral vibration, was not making power, popped the floats and landed safely in the water. Pax and pilot got into the life raft and was picked up by a boat, aircraft had minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS LEAVING WEST DELTA 90 PLATFORM, PILOT FELT A LATERAL VIBRATION, WAS NOT MAKING POWER, POPPED THE FLOATS AND LANDED SAFELY IN THE WATER. PAX AND PILOT GOT INTO THE LIFE RAFT AND WAS PICKED UP BY A BOAT, AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.