- Date
- October 8, 1975
- Place
- Pecan Island, LA · PECAN ISLAND, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N83134Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751008037129A
- Case key
- 151618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3392 75/10/8 NR.PECAN ISLAND,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1685 TIME - 1659 N83134 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERMILION 245 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PECAN ISLAND,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FULL AUTO TO WATER.BENDIX PWR TURBINE GOVERWOR SPRING FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83134
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vermilion 245
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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.