# Accident 20060606013499A: Bell 206L1, South Pass 57, June 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2006, 07:20 local time
- Place: South Pass 57
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Aircraft: N272M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N272M-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,753 total, 339 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06IA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060606013499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON SOUTH PASS 57, WAITING FOR PASSENGERS TO DISEMBARK AND OTHER PASSENGERS TO BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WHEN A PASSENGER CAME UP THE WRONG STAIRWELL AT THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WALK 6 FEET AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TAILROTOR BLADES IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THE INJURED PASSENGER WAS NOT KILLED, REMAINED CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE INJURY AND DURING TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 DFW06IA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06IA151), Jun 6, 2006: Bell 206L-1 (N272M), South Pass 57 (Gulf of Mexico), incident, no damage. Probable cause: The passenger's failure to follow procedures associated with operations in the vicinity of the helicopter and his failure to see/avoid the tail rotor of the helicopter.

## Other reports on N272M (1)

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

- [Accident 20091101021479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091101021479A), Nov 1, 2009: Bell 206L1 (N272M), Destroyed. Helicopter departed offshore Platform HIA442 after refueling at 1040 hours and the engine quit once helicopter cleared the offshore Platform. Pilot initiated…

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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