- Date
- July 22, 1981
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57441Bell 206L1
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810722043659A
- Case key
- 124190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3413 81/7/22 LAKE CHARLES,LA BELL 206L1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3790 TIME - 1350 N57441 PX- 0 0 5 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 188 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- WIRE WINDINGS IN COIL OF OVERSPEED SENSOR PICKUP PROBE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57441
- Reported as
- Bell 206L1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N57441Registered now · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Engine modelRolls-Royce 250-C30P
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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.