- Date
- April 11, 1974
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30ALBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740411008519A
- Case key
- 186431
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0684 74/4/11 PATTERSON,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N30AL PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 30, 2458 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 316 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williams Memorial
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.