20061214025959A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 407 · Dagsboro, DE · December 14, 2006

Date
December 14, 2006 · 18:08 local
Place
Dagsboro, DE
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RW8A
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N407JJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC07FA048
Reported as
Bell 407
Reported engine
Allison 250C47B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,340 total390 in this make and model67 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On December 14, 2006, at approximately 18:06 local, N407JJ flown by pilot-in-command privacy data omitted crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot privacy data omitted held a commercial pilot certificate with a rotorcraft-helicopter rating. At the time of the accident the pilot privacy data omitted did not hold an instrument rating. The pilot-in-command privacy data omitted and the sole passenger privacy data omitted were both fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:06 LOCAL, N407JJ FLOWN BY PILOT-IN-COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA^ CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH A ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER RATING. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ DID NOT HOLD AN INSTRUMENT RATING. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AND THE SOLE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.