# Accident 20061214025959A: Bell 407, Dagsboro, DE, December 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2006, 18:08 local time
- Place: Dagsboro, DE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RW8A
- Location: 38.5486° N, 75.2139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5486&lon=-75.2139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N407JJ-2010-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C47B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,340 total, 390 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061214025959A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 NYC07FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA048), Dec 14, 2006: Bell 407 (N407JJ), Dagsboro, DE, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to depart under visual flight rules into night instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the fog and the dark night conditions.

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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