- Date
- May 29, 1982, 12:24 local (17:24 UTC)
- Place
- High Island 389
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1070DBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529020049A
- Case key
- 71022
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Pilot approaching landing platform heard a loud bang and autorotated to water. Aircraft rolled inverted and was damaged by waves banging it against platform. A teardown of the engine revealed that the first stage turbine wheel, pn 6895801G, had failed and exited the case. The wheel failed from low cycle thermal fatigue which originated in the rim area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1070D
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45309
- Airframe hours
- 2,267
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Houston Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Houston Helicopters
- Departed
- 595 · High Island, GM
- Destination
- High Island 389, GM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 389 · High Island 389
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,286 total · 1,903 in this make and model · 14,286 as pilot in command · 162 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.