# Accident 20050905022689A: Bell 206B, Long Beach, CA, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8178° N, 118.1517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8178&lon=-118.1517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N667JM-2006-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,192 total, 316 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905022689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PICKED UP A BANNER AND HEADED WEST BOUND FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT. THE BANNER DID NOT UNFOLD PROPERLY AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A TURN AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. AS HE CAME OVER THE INFIELD, THE HELICOPTER WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND THE TOW ROPE BECAME TANGLED IN THE TAIL-ROTOR ASSEMBLY. THE TAIL-ROTOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN AUTOROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE REASON THE BANNER DID NOT UNFOLD PROPERLY COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## 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 LAX05LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA289), Sep 5, 2005: Bell 206B (N667JM), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's decision not to release the banner when it became entangled on itself, which resulted in the banner tow rope becoming ensnarled with the tail rotor system.

## Other reports on N667JM (1)

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

- [Incident 20000423019639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000423019639I), Apr 23, 2000: Bell 206B (N667JM), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot failed to remove an engine exhaust plug during his pre-flight due to a distraction from refuelers. During take-off, the engine plug came off,…

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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