- Date
- December 2, 1982, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Intercoastal Ci, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2258FBell 412
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821202070569I
- Case key
- 71152
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Analysis
While in cruise flight, the pilots heard a loud pop and felt a severe cyclic control vibration. An immediate precautionary landing was made. An examination revealed that there was a fatigue crack in the trailing edge of the blue, main rotor yoke flexure, pn 412-010-101-113. The helicopter and the fixture had accumulated 1071 hrs of flight time. The life limit of the failed component was 5000 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2258F
- Reported as
- Bell 412
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 33073
- Airframe hours
- 1,071
- Engine
- P&W PT6T-3B, 1,350 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
- Departed
- 0R3 · Abbeville, LA
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,820 total · 967 in this make and model · 3,901 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.