# Accident 20101208052209A: Bell 206L-3, Pahokee, FL, December 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2010, 07:00 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Tamiami Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OHMA
- Location: 26.8102° N, 80.6600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8102&lon=-80.6600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955GT-2012-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L-3
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101208052209A

## Narrative

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

FAA ARRIVED AT ACCIDENT SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HRS.  PALM BEACH SHERIFF WAS AT THE SCENE WITH THE AREA SECURED.  THE PILOT WAS NOT AT THE SCENE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.INSPECTION OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED THAT THE HELICOPTER CAME IN  WITH FORWARD MOMENTUM AND IN A RIGHT TURN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE RIGHT SKID INITIALLY CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO FLIP FORWARD AND ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THIS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTED ON 12-09-10.  HE STATED THAT  HE WAS CONDUCTING "FROST CONTROL" AT A FARM FIELD NEAR PAHOKEE AREA.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 HOURS HE RADIOED THE OTHER HELICOPTERS AND INFORMED THEM THAT HE WAS TIRED AND WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT AT 0730.  HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS  AT THE END OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FIELD OVER THE POWER LINES. WHEN HE REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS HE FELT LIKE SOMETHING RAN INTO HIM. HE THEN REALIZED THAT HE JUST CRASHED THE HELICOPTER.   THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE HELICOPTER.  HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE AND BRUISES TO HEAD AND SOME PARTS OF HIS BODY.

## 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 ERA11CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA082), Dec 8, 2010: Bell 206L-3 (N955GT), Canal Point, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the ground while maneuvering at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s fatigue.

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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