# Incident 20090611012099I: Bell 206L1, Gulf Of Mexico, June 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YTRA
- Aircraft: N518RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518RL-2015-11-13) (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 250C30
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 109 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090611012099I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  CREW CHANGE FROM MP265 TO MP277, N518RL.  PICKED UP AT MP265 TO A HOVER GAUGE CHECKS 85% TORQUE ROTOR RPM AND TURBINE IN THE GREEN.  N1 91.5, TOT 600 DEG.  I ARMED THE FLOATS AND DEPARTED MP265.  MIDWAY INTO THE FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED THE LOW RPM LIGHT AND HORN.  PILOT CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE THROTTLE WAS FULL OPEN, PILOT SIMULTANEOUSLY LOWER THE COLLECTIVE.  THROTTLE WAS FULL OPEN AND THE ENGINE GAUGE WAS IN THE GREEN, BUT ROTOR RPM WAS STILL DECAYING.  PILOTS ALTITUDE WAS 400 FT, PILOT LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND REDUCED SPEED TO 60 KNOTS.  PILOT WARNED PASSENGER HE WAS GOING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  PILOT CONTACTED THE MAIN BASE TO GIVE HIS LOCATION, AND LANDED THE AIRCAFT IN THE WATER.  NO INJURIES, TO THE PASSENGERS OR THE PILOT.

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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