# Accident 20060421005089A: Urocop EC135T2, Bonifay, FL, April 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2006, 03:00 local time
- Place: Bonifay, FL
- Airport: Tri-County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Copter/Run Takoff)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 30.8456° N, 85.6161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8456&lon=-85.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914EF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC135T2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060421005089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENTERED FOG BANK ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 19 BONAFAY, FL, PILOT ABORTED FLIGHT AND ATTEMPTED LANDING BACK ON DEPARTING RUNWAY, PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AFTER LOSING SIGHT OF GROUND REFERENCES. AIRCRAFT SETTLED RAPIDLY IMPACTING THE GROUND AND BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR, PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ON BACK ON HELO-PAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 MIA06CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA096), Apr 21, 2006: Eurocopter Deutschland EC135T2 (N914EF), Bonifay, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor rpm and proper descent rate resulting in a hard landing. A related factor in this accident was inadvertent encounter with clouds.

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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