- Date
- April 11, 1980
- Place
- Holly Beach, LA · HOLLY BEACH, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2754XBell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800411009029A
- Case key
- 131093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0510 80/4/11 HOLLY BEACH,LA BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3874 TIME - 0906 N2754X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1646 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLY BEACH,LA W CAMMERON 509,LA 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 - ACCESSORY DRIVE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ACCESSORY DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BEARING,PN 6898659,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2754X
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2754XRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 1980 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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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.