# Accident 20140102000809A: Bell 206B, Temple, TX, January 2, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2014, 17:00 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Central Texas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3ENG
- Location: 31.1519° N, 97.4078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1519&lon=-97.4078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400XL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400XL-2017-10-24) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,102 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140102000809A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 2, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00 HOURS, A BELL 206B, N400XL OWNED BY ENGEMANN AVIATION SERVICES LLC AND OPERATED BY PRODUCTION AIR SERVICES, CRASHED AT DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.

VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT ON 01/02/2014 AT ~ 17:00 HOURS AND WAS REPOSITIONING FROM THE RAMP TO THE MOBILE PORTABLE HELIPAD.

## 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 CEN14CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA098), Jan 2, 2014: Bell 206B (N400XL), Temple, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while landing on a mobile helipad.

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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