Bell 212 N90220

31 July 1980 · Sabine Pass, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 July 1980 at about 08:10 local time, a Bell 212 registered N90220, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an incident during in flight near Sabine Pass, Texas, United States. 13 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 July 1980 at 08:10
Classification: Incident
Location: Sabine Pass, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 212
Registration: N90220
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Sabine Pass, Tx → Offshore Platform
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0013

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
13	0	0	0	13

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DRAG BRACE ASSY, PN 204-011-140-5, FAILED FM FATIGUE IN CORRODED AREA.LATERAL VIB.INFLATABLE FLOATS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 5-0013, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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