# Accident 20000506043209A: Bell 206B, Hulbert, MI, May 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hulbert, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N9XA
- Location: 46.3591° N, 85.0300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3591&lon=-85.0300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9TD-2000-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 180 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000506043209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LOST TAIL ROTOR CONTROL DURING CRUISE. UPON TOUCHDOWN MAIN ROTOR BLADES TRUCK PINE TREES CAUSING A ROLLOVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA132), May 6, 2000: Bell 206B (N9TD), Eckerman, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain translational lift following an aborted landing and the loss of tail rotor effectiveness encountered by the pilot. Factors to the accident were the low rotor rpm and the…

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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