- Date
- June 8, 1980
- Place
- Intracstl City, LA · INTRACSTL CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 12 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N68ALBell 212
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800608019609A
- Case key
- 131079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0496 80/6/8 INTRACSTL CITY,LA BELL 212 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5277 TIME - 0935 N68AL PX- 1 0 11 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 993 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ICY HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OFFSHORE PLATFORM INTRACSTL CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- AFTER LNDG,PAX WALKED INTO TAIL ROTOR WHILE PLT WAS COOLING DWN ENG PRIOR TO SHUTDWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68AL
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Icy Heliport
N68ALRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 1985 · Bell Helicopter Textron 212Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 212
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.