# Accident 20150216002099A: Bell 206B, Lancaster, CA, February 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2015, 11:50 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54DE-2017-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150216002099A

## Narrative

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

N54DE DEPARTED FROM VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY) APPROXIMATELY 10:00 LOCAL TIME ENROUTE TO WILLIAM J FOX FIELD (WJF). WHILE IN-BOUND TO FOX FIELD THE PILOT OF N54DE REQUESTED TO PERFORM AUTO ROTATIONS. N54DE THEN LANDED AT WJF AND WAS ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTING TO THE SOUTH.  ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER N54DE RETURNED TO WJF, WHEN THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER, HE REPORTED HE HAD A FUEL LEAK AND REQUESTED TO LAND IN A REMOTE AREA ON THE AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING FOUR PEOPLE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER N54DE DEPARTED WJF WITH TWO PEOPLE ON-BOARD TO RETURN TO ELITE HELICOPTERS AT VNY.

PERSONNEL FROM ELITE HELICOPTER STATED WHEN THE HELICOPTER LANDED; IT CAME TO A REST TAIL LOW AND LEANING TO THE RIGHT.  GILBERT ROUSSEAU AND SIMON DAVIS, FROM ELITE HELICOPTERS, PERFORMED A QUICK INSPECTION OF N54DE. DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER APPEARED TO BE FROM A HARD LANDING. THE SKIDS WERE BROKEN FROM THE MOUNTS, FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM AN AREA BY THE REAR SKID CROSS TUBE, AND THE ROTOR MAST HAD EVIDENCE OF MAST BUMPING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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