# Accident 20050713014579A: Bell 206L1, West Plains, MO, July 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: West Plains, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 36.8786° N, 91.9028° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8786&lon=-91.9028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2756A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,101 total, 4,976 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050713014579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TRAINING FLIGHT, CHECK AIRMAN INITIATED AND SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT LOWERED COLLECTIVE, ENTERED AUTOROTATION AND REDUCED POWER TO FLIGHT IDLE. UPON POWER RECOVERY, THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO 100%. THE ENGINE OUT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AUDIO WAS HEARD AND RPM DECAYED RAPIDLY. A FULL AUTOROTATION WAS ENTERED WITH A LANDING INTO A PASTURE AND HIGH GRASS. UPON LANDING, THE MAIN ROTOR STRUCK THE TAIL BOOM AND SEVERED IT APPROX. 2' INBOARD OF TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX. DURING INVESTIGATION, FUEL CONTROL UNIT RIGGING WAS CHECKED AND APPEARED TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. AIRCRAFT HAD APPROX. 400# OF FUEL ON BOARD, VERIFIED VISUALLY. FUEL SAMPLES PULLED FROM TANKS WAS CLEAN. FUEL SAMPLE TAKEN AT THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE WAS CLEAN. HOWEVER, WITH FULL THROTTLE, MOTORING ENGINE, THE FUEL STREAM TO THE NOZZLE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS NORMAL. AT ENGINE REMOVAL, WHEN FUEL LINE TO THE PUMP WAS REMOVED, THE MECHANIC SAID IT APPEARED THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT DRAINED FROM THE FUEL PUMP INLET APPEARED TO BE MORE THAN WAS NORMAL.

## 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 CHI05LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA186), Jul 13, 2005: Bell 206L-1 (N2756A), West Plains, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during the intentional autorotation. The pilot's misjudgment of the touchdown flare leading to a hard landing was an additional cause. A contributing…

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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