# Incident 20060909019749I: Bell 206L1, Abbeville, LA, September 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2006, 08:29 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Omni Mouton Cove
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OB0A
- Location: 29.8919° N, 92.1683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OMNI MOUTON COVE (18LS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8919&lon=-92.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25GH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060909019749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS HOVER TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, SLID APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET ACROSS THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND ENDED UP IN THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOISTED UP OUT OF THE GRASS AND WAS TOWED BACK OT THE HANGAR. AIRCRAFT SKIDS, FORE AND AFT CROSSTUBES WERE DAMAGED. BOTH FRONT WINDSHIELDS WERE POPPED OUT OF THE SEAMS FOR ABOUT 12-15 INCHES AND THE AFT FUEL CELL HAD A MINOR FUEL LEAK. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND WERE RELEASED WITH NO KNOWN INJURIES.

## Other reports on N25GH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020801017269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020801017269A), Aug 1, 2002: Bell 206L1 (N25GH), Cameron, LA, No damage. (.19) On August 1, 2002, at 1540 central daylight time, a Bell 206L-1 helicopter, N25GH, was substantially damaged during a forced landing to the water…

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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