Date:	Thursday 24 December 1981
Time:	11:22 LT
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350D Astar
Owner/operator:	Petroleum Helicopters (PHI)
Registration:	N3606U
MSN:	1233
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gulf Of Mexico, off coast of Louisiana -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Offshore
Departure airport:	Engene 250 Rig Helipad, Gulf of Mexico
Destination airport:	Intercoastal City, Louisiana
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Forced landing on water, into Gulf of Mexico off coast of Louisiana, due to loss of engine power: right float did not inflate when Pilot electrically armed & actuated systems and aircraft sank into the sea. One person killed, four others escaped.

https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=24572&key=0 [NTSB Identification: FTW82DA033]
http://web.archive.org/web/20111012024045/http://www.rotorspot.nl:80/n-10.htm
http://www.amcarusa.com/faa/sep1992_4.pdf
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=11595
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs700/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
07-Feb-2012 12:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]