# Accident 20000907014559A: Bell 206L1, September 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VBVA
- Aircraft: N27680, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27680-2015-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907014559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C INITIALLY DEPARTED WITH FULL FUEL, 106 GALLONS, FROM ABBEVILLE, LA. FOR A MAINTENANCE OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT THAT LASTED AN ESTIMATED 5 MINUTES. AFTER LOADING PASSENGERS, THE A/C REPORTED OFF ABBEVILLE AT 0705 HRS. FLIGHT FOLLOWING RECORDED THE FOLLOWING ITINERARY. EUGENE ISLAND 50 AT 0732, ABBEVILLE AT 0804, SOUTH MARSH 142 AT 0910 AND NOTHING FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL AT EUGENE ISLAND 309 AT 0921. PILOT DEPARTED EUGENE ISLAND 309 WITHOUT COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN FOR REFUELING AT EUGENE ISLAND 286. SINCE FUEL WAS NOT AVAILABLE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO PROCEDD TO EUGENE ISLAND 296B. A/C LANDED IN WATER WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO MAIN ROTOR, TAIL BOOM AND LANDING SKIDS. PILOT SWAN TO RIGH OF INTENDED LANDING AND REFUELING. A/C LOST POWER AND IMPACTED AT APPROX. 1000 HOURS LOCAL. NO EVIDENCE OF ENGINE SHUT DOWN BETWEEN APPROX. 0655 INITIAL START AND IMPACT AT APPROX. 1000 WITH A CUMULATIVE FLAT PITCH RUNNING TIME ESTIMATE OF 15 MINUTES.

## 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 FTW00LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA252), Sep 7, 2000: Bell 206-L1 (N27680), Eugene Is 296b, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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