# Accident 20050619012469A: LR2000AG, Hamiltontownsh, NJ, June 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2005, 08:00 local time
- Place: Hamiltontownsh, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5856° N, 74.7886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5856&lon=-74.7886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200LR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200LR-2008-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Navickas Thomas J LR2000AG (registry code 05605IH, https://openairdocs.org/model/navickas-thomas-j-lr2000ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LR2000AG
- Reported engine: ALLSN T63*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 203 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050619012469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FROM ELMER, NJ AT 7:20 AM FOR HAMMONTON (N81) AIRPORT,NEW JERSEY TO PURCHASE JET FUEL, AS REPORTED BY WITNESSES. AT 11AM FAMILY MEMBERS BECAME CONCERNED AND CONTACTED N81 & DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT NEVER ARRIVED. STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES INITIATED A SEARCH, AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON 21 JUNE 2005. FACTS: NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. WEATHER BRIEF: UNKNOWN. A NON FAA APPROVED, HAND HELD ELT WAS FOUND ON BAORD THE AIRCRAFT IN THE OFF POSITION. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE CRASH SCENE. PRIOR TO IMPACT THE HELICOPTER SKIDS AND ROTOR BLADES HIT THE TOPS OF THE TREES. IMPACT SITE SHOWED SIGNS OF A SMALL POST FIRE THAT SELF EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. HELICOPTER IMPACTED AN 18-INCH DIAMETER TREE HEAD ON, AT APPROXIMATELY 55 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. HELICOPTER RESTED ON IT'S LEFT SIDE AFTER IMPACT. TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND INTACT, RIPPED OUT OF THE TAIL BOOM MOUNT, ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE WAS DAMAGED, CONSISTENT WITH STRIKING AN OBJECT. THE CRASH SCENE HAD NO ODOR OF JET FUEL. THE GROUND UNDER THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT SATURATED WITH JET FUEL. NO VISUAL FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANK, FUEL FILTER OR LINES. BATTERY SWITCH WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION. NO MAYDAY OR EMER CALL MADE.

## 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 IAD05LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA080), Jun 19, 2005: Navickas Load Runner 2000 (N200LR), Hammonton, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was the wooded area, into which, the pilot had to autorotate.

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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