- Date
- June 28, 1978
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94ALBell 205A-1
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780628019039A
- Case key
- 141439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1791 78/6/28 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 205A-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1033 N94AL PX- 0 0 10 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 31, 5244 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2621 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE BK 43,GULF MX MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- MAIN DRIVE SHAFT BOOT P/N 205-404-176-009 FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94AL
- Reported as
- Bell 205A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.