- Date
- January 13, 1984, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Vencie, LA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5759MBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840113000729A
- Case key
- 21246
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Analysis
According to the plt, he took off from a came site to pick up duck hunters at several locations. During the flt, he encountered fog & turned toward venice, LA to land. He then saw an oil field structure & some land & elected to make a precautionary landing. While making an over water apch, he was looking at the oil field structure & the bank when the helicopter touched down in the water & rolled over. The occupants were rescued by duck hunters in the area. The plt reported that the visibility was about 300 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759M
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45555
- Airframe hours
- 802
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Halter Yachts Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 30, 1983 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- Venice, LA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,305 total · 555 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.