- Date
- June 1, 2010, 11:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place
- Campeche, Mexico
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XA-HSIBell 412
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Bell Helicopter
- Case key
- 76447
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On June 1, 2010, approximately 1123 central daylight time, a Bell Helicopter model 412EP, Mexican registration XA-HSI, made a successful water landing after a loss of tail rotor control in the Gulf of Mexico near Campeche, Mexico. The helicopter was en route from an offshore oil rig to a land base in Campeche, Mexico. The two pilots and eleven passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The helicopter floats were deployed and maintained the aircraft afloat for approximately 1 hour and 37 minutes before it was capsized for undetermined reasons. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Col Narvarte, Del. Benito Juárez Mexico, D.F, Mexico c.p. 15620 Tel: (55)57239300
Aircraft
- Registration
- XA-HSI
- Reported as
- Bell 412 (EP)
- Category
- Unknown
- Serial number
- 36337
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Flight plan
- Unknown