# Incident 20040128011659I: Bell 206L3, Jonesboro, AR, January 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2004, 04:11 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Airport: Jonesboro Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 35.8317° N, 90.6464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JONESBORO MUNI (JBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8317&lon=-90.6464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040128011659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HIMSELF AND 2 ADDITIONAL CREWMEMBERS WERE TAKING OFF FROM JBR TO TRAVEL TO PARAGOULD TO PICKUP PASSENGER FOR FLIGHT TO ST. LOUIS, MO. PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD A NORMAL START WITH NO FLUCTUATION EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. LIFT OFF WAS AT 04:11 CDT AND AS HE ROSE TO APPROX. 20' THE AIRCRAFT YAWED AND THE TORQUE CAME UP TO 130% OF N2 AND CLIMBING TOWARDS MAX ON GAUGE. HE FURTHER STATES THAT THE ROTOR RPM WAS CLIMBING. HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL RPM WITH THROTTLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTROL. AFTER AVOIDING OBSTACLES (LIGHT POLES), PILOT DECIDED HE COULD NOT CONTROL POWER SUFFICIENTLY TO LAND UNDER POWER SO HE PLACED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ENTERED A LOW AIRSPEED, HIGH ALTITUDE AUTOROTATION. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND BOUNCED ONCE. FLIGHT HAD NOT EXCEEDED 50' IN ALTITUDE AND WAS APPROX. 500' IN LENGTH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO TAIL BOOM, BOTH MAIN ROTORS, AND BOTH VERTICAL STAB. NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. FLIGHT WAS UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN SUBMITTED.

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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