# Accident 20091025021489A: Bell 206B, Eupora, MS, October 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Eupora, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZMPG
- Location: 33.6311° N, 89.4672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6311&lon=-89.4672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57PH-2015-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091025021489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT BEFORE FLIGHT AND NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATED FUEL.  PILOT STATED THAT DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT HIS HELICOPTER LOST POWER DURING A TURN.  HE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A CLEARING.  UPON INVESTIGATION EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATED FUEL WAS EVIDENT AT THE AIRCRAFT FUEL FILTER, FUEL NOZZLE SCREEN, ENGINE FUEL FILTER.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED EVIDENCE OF WATER WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD REFUELED USING A TANKER TRUCK AT THE SPRAY SITE.  FUEL SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE TANKER TRUCK FUEL HOSE AND THE SUMP DRAIN WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WATER.  THE TANK TRUCK FUEL FILTER WAS REMOVED.  EVIDENCE OF WATER WAS EVIDENT IN THE FUEL DRAINED FROM THE TRUCK FUEL FILTER AND THE FILTER WAS ENLARGED.

## 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 ERA10LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA032), Oct 25, 2009: Bell 206 (N57PH), Eupora, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel contamination of the helicopter’s fuel supply.

## Other reports on N57PH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000427016349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000427016349I), Apr 27, 2000: Bell 206B (N57PH), Russellville, AL, Minor damage. (-23)During takeoff, the right side of the spray boom caught in some brushes, causing the aircraft to roll to the right. The pilot, [privacy data omitted], cut…

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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