- Date
- November 22, 1982, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buccaneer Oil F
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N144ALBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821122059649A
- Case key
- 70067
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was found floating inverted about 1.5 mi from the point of departure. The tailboom had separated & there was evidence that the m/r blades had struck the tailboom. The windshield & chin bubble was broken out. An oil pump gear tooth was found adhering to the lower chip detector plug. The oil pump had 3 teeth missing from a gear. There was evidence of a smooth round object going through the pump & jamming the gear teeth. The ball separator gage for a bearing (mrc p/n 6859435-G) had broken apart allowing balls to fall out. The gear which drives the fuel control & oil pump then moved sideways FAR enough to become uncoupled from its drive gear. The seven tangs on one-half of the ball separator cage had separated. The separated bearing was not an authorized type for use in this engine. The engine manufacturer issued a commercial engine bulletin dated 9/30/82 calling for all unauthorized bearings to be removed from spare stock & scrapped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2096
- Airframe hours
- 5,190
- Engine
- Allison 250C-20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Air Logistics
- Registered owner
- Bamerilease Capital Corp.
- Departed
- Galveston Blk.2, GM
- Destination
- C · Galveston, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,887 total · 3,504 in this make and model · 4,534 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.