# Accident 20040925025079A: Bell 206B, Starkville, MS, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Starkville, MS
- Airport: George M Bryan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZMPG
- Location: 33.1667° N, 88.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1667&lon=-88.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96PH-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925025079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FUEL CONTAMINATION IN AIRFRAME FUEL FILTER AS WELL AS IN FUEL FILTER AND ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP FILTER. THE FUEL CONTROL FILTER WAS PARTIALLY CLOGGED AS WELL AS THE FUEL NOZZLE FILTER. WATER WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL TANK AS WELL AS IN THE AIRFRAME FUEL FILTER.

## 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 MIA04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA129), Sep 25, 2004: Bell 206B3 (N96PH), Starkville, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The operator's inadequate maintenance inspections and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in the helicopter being operated with a contaminated fuel system, that resulted in…

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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