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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Rawlings, WY · September 22, 2000

Date: September 22, 2000 · 13:30 local
Place: Rawlings, WY
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N32FR
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN00LA176
Reported as: Bell 206B

N32FRRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2018 · Bell 206BS/N 2596 Airframe modelBell 206B

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot was operating the heli in falling snow when the engine failed. He made a downwind emergency landing from approximately 200 feet. On contact with the ground, the heli rolled over sustaining substantial damage. The heli was operated without the required deflector kit installation on the engine inlets which is required during conditions of falling/blowing snow.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE HELI IN FALLING SNOW WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. HE MADE A DOWNWIND EMERGENCY LANDING FROM APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. ON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE HELI ROLLED OVER SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE HELI WAS OPERATED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED DEFLECTOR KIT INSTALLATION ON THE ENGINE INLETS WHICH IS REQUIRED DURING CONDITIONS OF FALLING/BLOWING SNOW.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN00LA176Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRawlins, WYThe company dispatching, and the pilot initiating, flight into known adverse weather with an aircraft which did not have the required anti-ice equipment installed. A factor was snow conditions.Sep 22, 2000 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N32FR · 1

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

Accident 19960207001429ATo Vertical (Helicopter Only) · Kemmerer, WYDept inter 206B rolled over on takeoff from snow covered terrain. Snow displaced under a skid causing rollover.Feb 7, 1996 · Substantial damage