- Date
- June 3, 1979
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14852Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790603028609A
- Case key
- 135453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2100 79/6/3 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3050 TIME - 0635 N14852 PX- 0 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 970 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH OFFSHORE LANDING PLATFORM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14852
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N14852Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Bell 206BAirframe modelBell 206BEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.