# Incident 20130325004099I: Bell 206B, Clovis, NM, March 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4386° N, 103.1942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clovis, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4386&lon=-103.1942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49748 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130325004099I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2013, THE COMMERCIAL RATED HELICOPTER PILOT DEPARTED AEG (DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT) ALBUQUERQUE, NM, AT ABOUT 7:00 AM WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL FOR A POWER LINE SURVEY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD BOTH EMPLOYEES OF PNM, FOR A PART 91 FLIGHT.   ABOUT 2 HOURS AND 15 MINS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING RESTRICTED AIRSPACE NEAR CLOVIS, NM.  AT THAT TIME THEY WERE DENIED ENTRY INTO RESTRICTED AIRSPACE.   SHORTLY AFTER TERMINATING THE POWER LINE PATROL THE PILOT NOTICED THE DECREASING ROTOR RPM AND SET-UP FOR AN AUTO ROTATION.  THE AUTO ROTATION WAS COMPLETED AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IDLE AFTER THE LANDING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE TAIL BOOM ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS BENT DURING THE AUTO ROTATION.

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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