- Date
- April 28, 1979
- Place
- Cameron, LA · CAMERON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16779Bell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790428015439A
- Case key
- 135334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1807 79/4/28 NR.CAMERON,LA BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3332 TIME - 0928 N16779 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1366 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INTERCOASTAL CITY,LA HIGH ISLAND 309 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS 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- FOREIGN OBJECT UNDETERMINED,PLT UNABLE TO USE FULL COLLECTIVE DUE TO INTERFERENCE BY SURVIVE POUCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16779
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.