20211214021089A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Laplace, LA · December 14, 2021

Date
December 14, 2021 · 12:36 local
Place
Laplace, LA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N150AS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN22FA073
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
130 in this make and model

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.

N150AS, BHT-407, departed btr ryan field for lake front airport in new orleans. Pilot hit power lines in Laplace, LA. Over interstate 10. Weather at time of accident was foggy. Pilot did not file a flight plan with ATC.

As the FAA filed it

N150AS, BHT-407, DEPARTED BTR RYAN FIELD FOR LAKE FRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. PILOT HIT POWER LINES IN LAPLACE, LA. OVER INTERSTATE 10. WEATHER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS FOGGY. PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN WITH ATC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.