- Date
- July 31, 1980
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX · SABINE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90220Bell 212
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800731034459I
- Case key
- 129364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0013 80/7/31 SABINE PASS,TX BELL 212 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0810 N90220 PX- 0 0 11 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SABINE PASS,TX OFFSHORE PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- DRAG BRACE ASSY,PN 204-011-140-5,FAILED FM FATIGUE IN CORRODED AREA.LATERAL VIB.INFLATABLE FLOATS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90220
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
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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.