# Incident 20111103025279I: Bell 206B, Buckeye, AZ, November 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2011, 08:40 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 72TG
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 (registry code 54178, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111103025279I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS OPERATING A PART 137 AERIAL AGRICULTURAL SPRAY APPLICATION. THESE OPERATIONS ARE FREQUENTLY CONDUCTED ON LOCATION WITH SUPPORT CREW AND EQUIPMENT WHERE FUEL AND DISPERSANTS ARE LOADED BETWEEN PASSES DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE MISSION WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS RUNNING. MINIMAL FUEL IS FREQUENTLY REQUIRED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIALS BEING DISPENSED. MR. SWINGLER FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINIMAL FUEL AND SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR OPERATION.

## Other reports on N88HC (1)

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

- [Accident 20190111000179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190111000179A), Jan 11, 2019: Bell 206B (N88HC), Yuma, AZ, Destroyed. [privacy data omitted] Was pilot in command of N88HC, a Bell 206 that was equipped and performing aerial agricultural spraying (part 137) operations. He had…

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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