- Date
- May 13, 1981
- Place
- Cameron, LA · CAMERON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16612Bell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810513024459A
- Case key
- 125566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1267 81/5/13 CAMERON,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1255 N16612 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 61, 20889 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 6503 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST CAMERON BLK 23 W CAMERON 181 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 - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT STATED TO RESCUE PLT "ROUNDED OUT TOO HIGH".
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16612
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.