# Accident 20100623036699A: Bell 206B, Rickreall, OR, June 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Rickreall, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: Q97G
- Location: 44.9064° N, 123.2344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9064&lon=-123.2344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3194G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3194G-2017-09-26) (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: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100623036699A

## Narrative

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

THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE BELL 206B WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.. HE HAD A STC'D BELLY TANK ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH SPRAY BOOM FOR DISPENSING ECONOMIC POISONS.  HE HAD BEEN APPLYING FUNGICIDE TO A WHEAT FIELD NEAR RICKREALL OREGON, ABOUT TEN MILES WEST  SOUTHWEST OF SALEM.  HE WAS OUT OF PRODUCT MATERIALS AND HAD TO GO BACK TO  THE NURSE TRUCK TO OBTAIN MORE.  WHILE TAKING ON THE PARTIAL LOAD OF SPRAY MATERIALS THE PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE NOTED HIS FUEL AT 12 GALLONS, WHICH HE DETERMINED TO BE ADEQUATE FOR THE TASK AT HAND.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE TRUCK WITHOUT REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT. HE SPED PAST THE REMAINING PATCH OF WHEAT AND THEN PLACED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NINETY DEGREE BANK TO LINE UP ON THE PATCH, HE ROLLED LEVEL AND FROM ABOUT TEN FEET HE APPLIED THE REMAINING SPRAY MATERIAL.  AT THE FAR END OF THAT PATCH WAS A SET OF POWER LINES AND THE PILOT PLACED THE AIRCRAFT IN A AGGRESSIVE CYCLIC CLIMB TO CLEAR THE WIRES AND ONCE OVER THEM, HE THEN JUST AS AGGRESSIVELY PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. WHAT LITTLE FUEL WAS REMAINING WAS SLOSHED AWAY FROM THE FUEL PICKUP PORT AND THE ENGINE THEN SUCKED AIR AND THE FIRE WENT OUT.  THE PILOT WAS NOW ABOUT THIRTY FEET AGL, WITH A VERY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.  HE NOW COULD ONLY REACT TO THE POSITION HE HAD PLACED HIMSELF IN.  HE CAME BACK HARD ON THE CYCLIC IN AN ATTEMPT TO DECELERATE AND RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RESULT WAS THE MAIN ROTOR ACTUALLY SLICED THROUGH THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND TAIL BOOM.  IT ALSO BUMPED THE MAIN ROTOR MAST SO VIOLENTLY THAT THE MAST BROKE JUST BELOW THE ROTORHEAD AND THE WHOLE HEAD WITH BOTH MAIN ROTOR BLADES INTACT,LEFT THE AIRCRAFT.  WITH NO REMAINING FLIGHT CONTROLS CONECTED TO ANY DYNAMIC COMPONENTS, THE MAIN FUSELAGE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN THE WHEAT FIELD THE BELLY TANK WAS BADLY DAMAGED, BUT IT LIKELY SAVED CONSIDERABLY MORE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE PILOT DID RECEIVE A MINOR BRUISE OR TWO, BUT WAS OTHERWISE UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR10CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA314), Jun 23, 2010: Bell 206B (N3194G), Rickreall, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to ensure that adequate fuel was aboard for the flight.

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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