20050119001459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Pinehurst, TX · January 19, 2005

Date: January 19, 2005 · 09:00 local
Place: Pinehurst, TX
Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8040T
NTSB investigation: NTSBDFW05LA066
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total500 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8040TRegistration cancelled May 23, 2011 · Bell 206BS/N 3615 · Built 1982 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelRolls-Royce 250-C20BTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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(-23) While doing autorotations, the instructor and private pilot receiving remedial training had a low main rotor RPM condition during the flare. The instructor decided to take the helicopter to the ground where the helicopter touched down and the main rotor blade contacted the tail boom severing it just aft of the horizontal fin.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE DOING AUTOROTATIONS, THE INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING REMEDIAL TRAINING HAD A LOW MAIN ROTOR RPM CONDITION DURING THE FLARE. THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO TAKE THE HELICOPTER TO THE GROUND WHERE THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CONTACTED THE TAIL BOOM SEVERING IT JUST AFT OF THE HORIZONTAL FIN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DFW05LA066Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPinehurst, TXThe flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.Jan 19, 2005 · Substantial damage