- Date
- December 31, 1980
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N222LMBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801231083119A
- Case key
- 127739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3691 80/12/31 NR.PATTERSON,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2694 TIME - 0950 N222LM PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 169 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUGENE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: EMERGENCY FLOTATION GEAR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW 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- FATIGUE FAILURE OF 2ND STAGE TURBINE WHEEL BLADE.MALF INNER VALVE RESTRICTED PRESS TO FLOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222LM
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eugene Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N222LM · 1
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