# Accident 20020524023659A: Bell 206L1, Ftlauderdale, FL, May 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Ftlauderdale, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P8HA
- Location: 26.1075° N, 80.1050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1075&lon=-80.1050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020524023659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) POWER TURBINE SECTION OF ENGINE FAILED INFLIGHT. PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG WHILE FLYING ALONG THE BEACH. PILOT PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION AND DID A HARD LANDING ON THE BEACH. PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGER. NO APPARENT INJURIES. THE LANDING GEAR SKIDS BROKE OFF, THE PILOT'S CHIN BUBBLE WAS CRACKED, THE TAIL BOOM WAS BENT AND AN ENGINE FIRE WAS EVIDENT. ENGINE COWLING, THE FUSELAGE, AND ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE WERE DAMAGED BY FLYING TURBINE BLADES.

## 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 MIA02FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA100), May 24, 2002: Bell 206L-1 (N80PH), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The excessive rate of descent by the pilot-in-command during the autorotative landing resulting in a hard landing, following a total loss of engine power caused by failure of the No. 4 bearing.

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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