# Accident 20000707009119A: Bell 206L3, Logan, UT, July 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: Logan, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7207° N, 111.8400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7207&lon=-111.8400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38903, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38903-2005-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707009119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LOGAN-CACHE AIRPORT FRO A LOCAL FLIGHT. A PERSON IN THE FBO OBSERVED THE LEFT REAR DOOR OPEN AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED.  SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE PILOT WAS NOTIFIED AND ACKNOLEDGED THE OPEN DOOR.  ABOUT FOUR MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT THE PILOT STARTED A DESCENT TO LAND IN A FIELD AND CLOSE THE DOOR.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER FELT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS MOMENTARY TURNULENCE, VIBRATION AND HEARD A NOSIE.  THESE ALL ALSTED ABOUT FIVE SECONDS.  AS THE PILOT CONTINUED THE DESCENT TO THE FIELD HE REALIZED HE HAD NO ANTI-TORQUE CONTROL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL HE ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION AND LANDED IN THE FIELD.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETTING IT ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND ROLLED TO THE LEFT COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT REVEALED THAT IT WAS SHEARED WITH INDICATIONS OF A STOPPAGE ORIGINATING WITH THE TAIL ROTOR.

## 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 DEN00LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA124), Jul 7, 2000: Bell 206L-3 (N38903), Logan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: in-flight collision with a jacket, which blew out of the helicopter because the left passenger door was not properly secured prior to takeoff. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to ensure…

## Other reports on N38903 (2)

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

- [Accident 19930807027911A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930807027911A), Aug 7, 1993: Bell 206L3 (N38903), Tusayan, AZ, Destroyed. During hover taxi to helilpad rotors struck idling rotor of N444CR waiting takeoff from its pad. Narrow taxi lane.
- [Accident 19831025055459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831025055459A), Oct 25, 1983: Bell 206L3 (N38903), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Reported power loss. Chopped off tail boom on autorotation landing. Engine checked normal. Severe downdrafts in area

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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