# Accident 20020725017629A: Bell 206B, Newfield, NY, July 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Newfield, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3575° N, 76.5938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newfield, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3575&lon=-76.5938&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGMLS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020725017629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON JULY 25, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME, A BELL 206B HELICOPTER, CANADIAN REGISTRATION NUMBER CGMLS, CRASHED IN THE BACKYARD OF PRIVATE HOME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                        THE PILOT, JAMES M. STANDARD OF STANDARD AG HELICOPTER, INC., STATED THAT HE LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE CONDUCTING EXTERNAL LIFT OPERATIONS. AFTER A MOMENTARY POWER LOSS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND PRIOR TO LANDING THE ENGINE AGAIN REGAINED POWER AND THEN LOST POWER JUST BEFORE LANDING VERY HARD. THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION AT THE SCENE WERE NOTED: 1. THE PILOT WAS INJURED, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND LATER RELEASED WITH MINOR INJURIES. 2. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. 3. THE TAIL BOOM WAS DAMAGED. 4. THE LANDING GEAR SKIDS WERE BROKEN FROM THE STRUCTURE AND PUSHED THROUGH THE FUSELAGE. 5. THE NEWFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECKED THE SITE FOR A FUEL SPILL THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. NO FUEL SPILL WAS NOTED AND NO RISK OF FIRE WAS APPARENT. 6. THE ITHACA TOMPKINS COUNTY FIRE CHIEF CHECKED THE SITE AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL SPILL FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SCENE. 7. INSPECTORS SERGIO PEREZ, GUI                   DO HASSIG, AND RICHARD SHAUGHNESSY CHECKED THE 96 GALLONS FUEL BLADDER LOCATED BEHIND THE CABIN. THE FUEL BLADDER WAS EMPTY. 8. THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE TO THE ENGINE-DRIVEN PUMP WAS DRY WITH NO FUEL. 9. THE ENGINE-DRIVEN PUMP FUEL PRESSURE LINE FEEDING FUEL TO THE CONTROLLER WAS REMOVED AND FOUND DRY. 10. USING A CRANE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM THE GROUND AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE SURFACE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SHOW ANY GROUND FUEL CONTAMINATION. USING A SHOVEL THE GROUND WAS TILLED AND LIVE WORMS COULD BE SEEN WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF THE TOPSOIL. 11. THE ENGINE COULD BE TURNED FREELY WITHOUT ANY ABNORMAL NOISE OR FRICTION. 12. THE HELICOPTER FUEL GAUGE WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. 13. THE PILOT AND MR. JEREMY GORE WERE USING A FUEL STICK THAT WAS MARKED SHOWING 35 AND 50 GALLONS. THE STICK CALIBRATION WAS DONE USING THE INTERMITTENT FUEL GAUGE IN THE HELICOPTER. 14. MR. GORE MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED WITH ABOUT ONE HOUR OF FUEL. 15. THE PILOT TOLD THE INSPECTORS THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE AIR FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 5 MINUTES BUT THOUGHT HE HAD MORE FUEL. 16. THE FUEL GAUGE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WAS NOT RECORDED ON THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE JOURNAL. 17. COPIES OF THE MAINTENANCE JOURNAL WERE MADE FOR TRANSPORT CANADA CAA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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