- Date
- June 12, 1979
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16710Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790612026099A
- Case key
- 135911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1809 79/6/12 NR.VENICE,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 3725 TIME - 0615 N16710 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 925 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHI HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA SP 62 OFFSHORE PLATF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SKIDS POPOUT FLOATS AND ENGINE OPERATED SATISFACTORILY AFTER ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16710
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- 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.