- Date
- June 21, 1984, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Houma, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14807Bell 47G-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840621029389A
- Case key
- 21377
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
The helicopter autorotated into trees and marsh land after a partial loss of power. The acft was on a pipeline patrol atlow alt at the time of the power loss. Examination of the engine after the accident revealed that the fuel control governor spring, p/n 2529242, had broken driving the fuel control to idle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14807
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2505A
- Airframe hours
- 6,323
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 274 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Industrial Helicopters Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Houma, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,600 total · 4,550 in this make and model · 13,600 as pilot in command · 194 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUM, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.