# Accident 20050119001459A: Bell 206B, Pinehurst, TX, January 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Pinehurst, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0617° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0617&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8040T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040T-2011-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050119001459A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DFW05LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA066), Jan 19, 2005: Bell 206B (N8040T), Pinehurst, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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