# Incident 20071006824389I: Bell 206L1, Galveston, TX, October 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2007, 08:01 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.2497° N, 94.9193° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2497&lon=-94.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3899C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3899C-2010-03-10) (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 250C30P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08IA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071006824389I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2007, AT 0801 CST, A BELL BT-206-L1, N3899C, REGISTERED TO AIR LOGISTICS LLC, LOST POWER DURING TAKE-OFF FROM AN OFF-SHORE PRODUCTION PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON, TEXAS DURING A PART 135 AIR CARRIER FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A COMPANY VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN ACTIVATED WITH THE AIR CARRIER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY INCIDENTAL DAMAGES DURING THE SUCCESSFUL DITCHING AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, ON OCTOBER 6, 2007, AT 0723 CST.

## 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 DFW08IA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08IA002), Oct 6, 2007: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N3899C), Galveston, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The loss of tail rotor control during initial takeoff climb due to the fracture of a tail rotor blade as result of impact with a foreign object.

## Other reports on N3899C (1)

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

- [Incident 19850626036739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850626036739I), Jun 26, 1985: Bell 206L1 (N3899C), Manchaca, TX, Minor damage. Tail rotor struck unseen bundle of wires while in hover. Damage to tail rotor and main rotor.

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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