# Incident 20080621834619I: Bell 206B, Vineyard Haven, MA, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 14:04 local time
- Place: Vineyard Haven, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406DK-2010-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,081 total, 200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621834619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INBOUND TO MVY, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA, HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED ENGINE FLAME-OUT.  HELICOPTER AUTO ROTATED SAFELY INTO THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY SIX-HUNDRED YARDS OFF SHORE, SIX MILES NORTH OF MVY.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS DEPARTED AIRCRAFT SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES.  HELICOPTER TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.

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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