# Incident 20180114000819I: Bell BHT-206-L4, January 14, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2018, 15:35 local time
- Airport: Houma
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YTRA
- Aircraft: N174RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N174RL-2019-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL BHT-206-L4
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,974 total, 138 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180114000819I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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