# Accident 20050630012169A: Agusta A119, Mancos, CO, June 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2005, 12:57 local time
- Place: Mancos, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IFJA
- Location: 37.4006° N, 108.1422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4006&lon=-108.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403CF-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Agusta A119 (registry code 0260102, https://openairdocs.org/model/agusta-a119) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6 series (registry code 52033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A119
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050630012169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON APPROACH TO LANDING ZONE AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, 9730 FEET MSL, TEMP 20 DEGREES C, WITH SUSPECTED TAIL WIND OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN KNOTS. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO SUDDENLY DESCEND RAPIDLY AND BANK TO ITS LEFT. WITNESS STATES THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY DESCENDED THE SOUND OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT QUIET. AIRCRAFT DID DESCEND BELOW 75 FOOT TREES AND OUT OF THE WITNESSES VIEW. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN OPEN MEADOW STRIKING TAIL STINGER AND TAIL ROTOR FIRST THEN IMPACTED HARD ON LANDING GEAR. TAIL ROTOR BLADES WERE SEVERELY DEFORMED, AIRCRAFT ROTATED 270 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST DESTROYING AIRCRAFT. TAIL BOOM SEPARATING FROM FUSELAGE, TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX SEPARATING FROM TAIL BOOM, SEVERE IMPACT DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE RESULTING IN DEATH TO ALL THREE OCCUPANTS ATTRIBUTED TO MULTIPLE FRACTURE AND MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES DUE TO BLUNT TRAUMA.

## 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 DEN05FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05FA103), Jun 30, 2005: Agusta A119 (N403CF), Mancos, CO, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the pilot's inability to get into autorotation prior to impacting the ground. A factor contributing to the accident was the helicopter's low…

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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