# Accident 20040520016359A: Bell 206L3, Palmdale, CA, May 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2004, 13:05 local time
- Place: Palmdale, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5889° N, 118.0047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5889&lon=-118.0047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2019F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2019F-2006-11-27) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040520016359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: THE HELICOPTERS WAS ENGAGED IN AIR TO GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY IN SUPPORT OF A TELEVISION COMMERCIAL. THE HELICOPTER HAD MADE FLY-BYS OF THE "PICTURE CARS", AND WAS REPOSITIONING FOR ANOTHER PASS OF THE PICTURE CARS AT ABOUT 200 AGL. "I FELT SOMETHING LET-GO, LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE, THEN RAISED THE COLLECTIVE TO VERIFY "POWER LOSS", ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION AND HIT ROLLED. EXITED THE COPTER." NO INJURIES TO ME OR MY LEFT FRONT CREWMEMBER. MY BACK SEAT "CAMERAMAN" WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION. CONDITION UNKNOWN.

## 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 LAX04LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA216), May 20, 2004: Bell 206L-3 (N2019F), Palmdale, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The momentary loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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