# Incident 20060904019009I: Bell 206L1, Gulf Of Mexico, US, September 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2006, 10:02 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico, US
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Aircraft: N41GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41GH-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 119 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060904019009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT 04, 2006 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^, PIC OF N41GH, BH-206-L1 LOST POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE PLATFORM AFTER NOTICING N1 NG, DROOPING SLIGHTLY, AIRCRAFT COULD NOT SUSTAIN FLIGHT AND THE PILOT INFLATED THE FLOATS AND MADE A WATER LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SOME MINOR DAMAGE WHEN BEING RECOVERED.

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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