# Incident 20050506013229I: Bell 206L4, Aitkin, MN, May 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2005, 03:00 local time
- Place: Aitkin, MN
- Airport: Aitkin Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5266° N, 93.7050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aitkin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5266&lon=-93.7050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L4
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C30P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,550 total, 750 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050506013229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC STARTED THE HELICOPTER AT 0300L ON 5/6/2005. PRIOR TO LIFT OFF AN OVERSPEED MAY HAVE OCCURRED POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN NUMBER OF COMPONENT DAMAGES. THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE BEEN SENT TO BELL FOR REPAIR/ANALYSIS. NO PILOT ERROR WAS IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT. THE POTENTIAL FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE DETERMINED BY BLOCK 43.

## Other reports on N119SP (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160418003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160418003949A), Apr 18, 2016: Bell 206-L4 (N119SP), Arden Hills, MN, Substantial damage. Rotorcraft approached and light hovered on top of 9' tall steel "conex" container for the purpose of picking up two firefighters during training. Pilot felt or…
- [Accident 19990409043959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990409043959A), Apr 9, 1999: Bell 206L4 (N119SP), Cloquet, MN, No damage. (-23) N119SP departed mic for coq after completion of an annual inspection and series of maintenance flights. The a/c ran out of fuel about five (5) miles…
- [Incident 19900406018579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900406018579I), Apr 6, 1990: Bell 206B (N119SP), Cloguet, MN, Minor damage. Hit a power wire in flight. Landed safely off airport. Wires damaged swashplate and main rotorhead.

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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