Mbb BO-105 accident near Sabine Pass, TX
On June 21, 1996, a Mbb BO-105 (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Sabine Pass, TX. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 21, 1996
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX
- Aircraft
- Mbb BO-105 · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.959°N, 93.889°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05956
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 21, 1996, approximately 0750 central daylight time, a Eurocopter Mbb BO-105 CBS-4, N2906T, was destroyed after impacting water approximately 70 nautical miles south of Sabine Pass, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico. The twin engine helicopter, owned and operated by Air Logistics Inc. as a Title 14 CFR Part 135 air taxi passenger flight, was en route to an oil platform located 90 miles south of Sabine Pass. All 4 occupants, the airline transport rated pilot and 3 passengers, were fatally injured. A company flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. According to the company flight plan, the helicopter departed the Sabine Pass field base (95XS) at 0711 to transport 3 oil workers to High Island platform A-555. Company employees at the base reported that, the scheduled flight departed on time and nothing out of the ordinary was observed prior to and during departure. The pilot called company dispatch and reported off Sabine at 0711 with 2.5 hours of fuel on board (according to the chief pilot, 2.5 hours of fuel is "topped off" with approximately 1,020 lbs. of fuel). The company's flight following radio log shows that the pilot made a normal position report at 0729 and reported that he was 67 miles from destination. The pilot transmitted another normal position report at 0744 and reported that he was 38 miles from destination. No other radio transmissions were received from the aircraft. The company's published flight following procedures requires each aircraft to transmit position reports every 15 minutes after departure. The next
Probable cause
The failure of the sun gear within the main transmission resulting in the main rotor system not being driven.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
