# Accident 20150215001649A: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Sevierville, TN, February 15, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Airport: Sixty Six
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8956° N, 83.5786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8956&lon=-83.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3176L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3176L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C28 SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 852 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150215001649A

## Narrative

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

DURING RUN UP WHILE SITTING ON THE HELIPAD PILOT ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE COLLECTIVE AND POWER. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT SHUTTERED. PILOT REDUCED COLLECTIVE.  ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE. PILOT MADE SECOND ATTEMPT TO INCREASE POWER WITH COLLECTIVE SECOND TIME AIRCRAFT SHUTTERED AND AN EXPOLISON  AND FIRE WAS OBSERVED BY GROUND CREW. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN USING EMERGENCY SHUT OFF, FIRE WAS EXTINGUSHED BY GROUND CREW, PASSANGERS WERE EVACUATED, NOTIFIED FAA OF ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA15LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA138), Feb 15, 2015: Bell 206 (N3176L), Sevierville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: An uncontained engine failure, which resulted from insufficient lubrication of the No. 4 bearing due to carbon buildup on the filter screen of the bearing's oil supply nozzle.

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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