- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N155ALBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918028099A
- Case key
- 133463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2511 79/9/18 PATTERSON,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4819 TIME - 1240 N155AL PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 678 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OFFSHORE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GUARD RAIL DRG HOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N155AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Offshore Heliport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.