# Accident 20120528009049A: Bell 206-L4, Grand Isle, LA, May 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2012, 16:05 local time
- Place: Grand Isle, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.4749° N, 88.7023° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4749&lon=-88.7023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7077F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7077F-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206-L4
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,703 total, 374 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120528009049A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO OFFSHORE PLATFORM HELIDECK PILOT HIT ADJACENT DRILLING RIG STRUCTURE CAUSINGDAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT ROTORS, LOSS OF TAIL BOOM AND LOSS OF CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE STRUCK EDGE OF HELIDECK DURING FALL BECAME INVERTED AND FELL FURTHUR STRIKING THE WATER INVERTED.  AIRCRAFT SANK AND DECEASED PILOT FOUND LATER IN COCPIT AREA BY DIVERS DURING RECOVERY.

## 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 CEN12FA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA321), May 28, 2012: Bell 206-L4 (N7077F), (Gulf of Mexico), substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle while landing on an obstructed helipad, which resulted in a collision and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the failure of…

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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