# Accident 20090612011819A: Bell 206B, Fort Worth, TX, June 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0492° N, 97.2933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0492&lon=-97.2933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43791 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA351) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090612011819A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING 180 AUTOROTATIONS WHEN HE TRIED TO STARCH AN AUTOROTATION LANDING HARD AND SHORT ON THE GRASS END OF THE RUNWAY TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TAIL SECTION WAS SEVERED AND AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY 75 FEET WITH TAIL SECTION BACK AND THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN09CA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA351), Jun 12, 2009: Bell 206B (N43791), Justin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's failure to add sufficient power early enough to compensate for the strong gusting headwinds.

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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