- Date
- September 26, 1984, 11:57 local (16:57 UTC)
- Place
- West Delta 105
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N5013FBell 206L-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840926058549A
- Case key
- 21482
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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
While in cruise flt, total pwr loss was experienced. Plt setup autorotative water landing, deployed emergency floats. Right float was not fully inflated by water touchdown, acft rolled right to inverted position. Eng teardown revealed carbon buildup between turbine-to-compressor coupling and turbine inner shaft, causing frictional overheat leading to shaft failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5013F
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 45205
- Airframe hours
- 3,373
- Engine
- Allison 250-C28B, 435 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Commercial Helicopters, doing business as Commercial Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Betty L. Foster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 1984 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- Patterson, LA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,525 total · 850 in this make and model · 10,154 as pilot in command · 217 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.