20180114000819I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bell BHT-206-L4 · January 14, 2018

Date
January 14, 2018 · 15:35 local
Airport
Houma
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
YTRA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N174RL
Reported as
Bell BHT-206-L4
Reported engine
Allison 250-C30 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
1,974 total138 in this make and model134 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed SS227, aircraft engine began to surge and yaw, pilot dropped collective and popped the floats, landed in the gom, evac 1 pax, no damage to aircraft upon landing, no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED SS227, AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AND YAW, PILOT DROPPED COLLECTIVE AND POPPED THE FLOATS, LANDED IN THE GOM, EVAC 1 PAX, NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING, NO INJURIES.