# Accident 20041109027569A: Bell 206L1, Tulsa, OK, November 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2004, 17:31 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 36.0394° N, 95.9844° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0394&lon=-95.9844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1075P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,981 total, 491 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041109027569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT BAGGAGE DOOR WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. OBJECTS EXITED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. OBJECTS STRUCK AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TAIL ROTOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR CONTROL. PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DESTROYED.

## 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 DFW05LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA019), Nov 9, 2004: Bell 206L1 (N1075P), Sapulpa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of tail rotor drive as a result of a blanket coming in contact with the tail rotor blades, after the baggage compartment door unlatched during flight. A contributing factor was the "dusk"…

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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