20060601016199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Cabinda, AO · June 1, 2006

Date
June 1, 2006 · 13:36 local
Place
Cabinda, AO
Phase of flight
To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HEEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5007N
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C30P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,830 total3,217 in this make and model156 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) The aircraft experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The pilot executed an autorotation and landed hard. Tear down inspection of the engine revealed that the diffuser vane front plate separated from the back plate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN AUTOROTATION AND LANDED HARD. TEAR DOWN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE DIFFUSER VANE FRONT PLATE SEPARATED FROM THE BACK PLATE.