# Accident 20090407007819A: Bell 206B, West Palm Beac, FL, April 7, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2009, 09:10 local time
- Place: West Palm Beac, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JJWA
- Location: 26.5930° N, 80.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (LNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5930&lon=-80.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25PM-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 5,700 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090407007819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD JUST DROPPED OFF ONE PASSENGER AND SOME LIGHT CARGO ONTO A PIER BUILT IN THE PRESERVE FROM WHICH WILDIFE IS OBSERVED.  PILOT WAS WATER TAXING TOWARDS HIS 4 O'CLOCK POSITION AT FLIGHT IDLE POWER AND "SOME COLLECTIVE, TO LIGHTEN THE WEIGHT ON THE FLOATS".  WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE PIER, HE ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE HELICOPTER INTO A HOVER.  HE FELT THE HELICOPTER BEGIN TO ROLL TO HIS RIGHT.  HE INPUT FULL LEFT CYCLIC AND LOWERED COLLECTIVE, BUT THE HELICOPTER CONTINUED TO ROLL RIGHT.  UPON HEARING THE MAIN ROTOR MAKE WATER CONTACT, HE REDUCED POWER, AND THE CRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED, IN ABOUT A 110 DEGREE ROLL ATTITUDE TO THE RIGHT FROM LEVEL.  PILOT EGRESSED THE HELICOPTER THROUGH THE PILOT'S (RIGHT SIDE) DOOR, WHICH HAD POPPED OPEN.  HE REACHED BACK INTO THE COCKPIT AND SECURED FUEL AND THE MASTER SWITCH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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