# Accident 20110527012299A: Bell 206B, Glendale, AZ, May 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5292° N, 112.2967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5292&lon=-112.2967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59383, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59383) (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: ALLISON 250 SER 400HP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,352 total, 965 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527012299A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 A.M. ON MAY 27, 2011 A BELL 206B HELICOPTER (N59383) EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING IN A CONFINED AREA APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH OF GLENDALE AIRPORT (KGEU).  THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS BOTH A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE FOR HELICOPTERS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS INSTRUCTING/DEMONSTRATING A POWER RECOVERY AUTOROTATION AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE HARD LANDING CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 4 KTS.

## 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 WPR11CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA243), May 27, 2011: Bell 206B3 (N59383), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's failure to maintain adequate main rotor RPM during the autorotation.

## Other reports on N59383 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750114000759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750114000759A), Jan 14, 1975: Bell 206B (N59383), Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Instructor assumed cntl too late to prevent touchdown tail low attitude

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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