# Incident 19990915033649I: Bell 206B, Brooklyn Park, MN, September 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1999, 16:09 local time
- Place: Brooklyn Park, MN
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1109° N, 93.3491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooklyn Park, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1109&lon=-93.3491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444TV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444TV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990915033649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1999, PILOT AL LUDWIG WAS APPROACHING CRYSTAL AIRPORT SETTING UP HIS LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, MR. LUDWIG EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE FUEL STARVATION.  MR. LUDWIG INDICATED THAT HE HEARD THE "ENGINE OUT" HORN AND PROCEEDED TO EXECUTE A "RUN ON" LANDING ON 93RD AVENUE NEAR NOBLE AVENUE AND SKIDDED FOR 120 YARDS ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.  MECHANICS FROM HELICOPTER FLIGHT LOCATED AT CRYSTAL AIRPORT ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.  THEY (MECHANICS) ADDED FUEL TO THE BELL 206B AND THE PILOT, MR. LUDWIG, FLEW THE HELICOPTER TO CRYSTAL AIRPORT.  THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N444TV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950614022939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950614022939I), Jun 14, 1995: Bell 206B (N444TV), Diamond Bluff, WI, Minor damage. Tv helicopter struck hidden wire trying to land at a crime scene. Aborted and landed elswhere. Damaged tail rotor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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