- Date
- December 26, 1978
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90115Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781226044119A
- Case key
- 138550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4003 78/12/26 MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2784 TIME - 0921 N90115 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 682 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHI HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULF OF MEXICO MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED LOST ROTOR RPM AT BOTTOM OF AUTO RESULTING IN SLOPPLY CONTROL REACTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90115
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phi Heliport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.