- Date
- July 19, 1990, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Ozark, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N206ATBell 206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900719027489I
- Case key
- 14569
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Probable cause
Compression assembly blade and emergency floatation gear failure.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after lift-off, over water, the helicopter's engine failed. An emergency landing was attempted on the water, but the emergency inflatable floats failed to deploy. The acft sank, but all four occupants escaped without injury. The helicopter sustained only minor damage. Post accident investigation revealed the compressor blades, after the first stage, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206AT
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 504
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ozark Helicopter
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,780 total · 2,105 in this make and model · 3,410 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.