- Date
- December 2, 1978
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16982Bell 212
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781202041619A
- Case key
- 138464
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3852 78/12/2 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 212 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 13352 TIME - 1857 N16982 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1549 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIP SHOAL BLK149 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INTERCOASTAL CITY,LA MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 77 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16982
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ship Shoal Blk149
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.