- Date
- August 6, 1980
- Place
- Houma, LA · HOUMA, LA
- Injuries
- 13 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N95ALBell 205A-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2206 80/8/6 HOUMA,LA BELL 205A-1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2034 TIME - 1740 N95AL PX- 12 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 992 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OIL PLATFORM SS-224 HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: BANK AND TURN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SAND 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 115 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- COMPANY PLT STATED N95AL HAD NO WINDSHIELD WIPERS,UNRELIABLE ATTITUDE INDICATOR & INOP TURN NEEDLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95AL
- Reported as
- Bell 205A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N95ALRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Bell 205A-1Airframe modelBell 205A-1Engine modelLycoming T-53 series
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