# Accident 20091101021479A: Bell 206L1, November 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2009, 10:40 local time
- Airport: Off Shore Platform
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YTRA
- Location: 28.4000° N, 93.9417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4000&lon=-93.9417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272M-2013-08-15) (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-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,874 total, 1,549 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091101021479A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER DEPARTED OFFSHORE PLATFORM HIA442 AFTER REFUELING AT 1040 HOURS AND THE ENGINE QUIT ONCE HELICOPTER CLEARED THE OFFSHORE PLATFORM.  PILOT INITIATED AUTOROTATION AND DEPLOYED SKID MOUNTED FLOATS.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WATER AND ROLLED OVER INVERTED.  BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT.  PILOT DEPLOYED LIFE RAFTS AND WAITED TO BE PICKED UP OUT OF THE WATER.

## 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 CEN10LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA036), Nov 1, 2009: Bell 206 (N272M), High Island A-442A, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to maintenance personnel's failure to correctly torque the Pc line following removal and reinstallation of the turbine module.

## Other reports on N272M (1)

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

- [Accident 20060606013499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060606013499A), Jun 6, 2006: Bell 206L1 (N272M), South Pass 57. (-23) Pilot landed the aircraft on south pass 57, waiting for passengers to disembark and other passengers to board the aircraft, when a passenger came up the…

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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