# Accident 20121005024789A: Bell 407, Intracoastal Ci, LA, October 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2012, 07:58 local time
- Place: Intracoastal Ci, LA
- Airport: Bristow
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.7872° N, 92.1583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7872&lon=-92.1583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406AL-2015-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,128 total, 540 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121005024789A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT, ON A PART 91 MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT, WAS OBSERVED DEPARTING RUNWAY 24, DISAPPEARING INTO FOG AND THEN A CRASH WAS HEARD SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS.

## 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 CEN13FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA003), Oct 5, 2012: Bell 407 (N406AL), Intracoastal City, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to attempt a local flight in marginal visual meteorological conditions and his subsequent loss of control following an inadvertent encounter with instrument metrological…

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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