# Accident 20171024014989A: Bell 206B, Groom, TX, October 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2017, 15:40 local time
- Place: Groom, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ODYG
- Location: 35.2222° N, 101.2381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2222&lon=-101.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60EA-2019-06-28) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 897 total, 279 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171024014989A

## Narrative

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

OCTOBER 24, 2017, APPROXIMATELY 1540 LOCAL TIME, N60EA, A BELL 206B HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO

A PRIVATE LANDING ZONE NEAR GROOM, TEXAS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE HELICOPTER WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 137, AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN18LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA020), Oct 24, 2017: Bell 206B (N60EA), Groom, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to operate the helicopter with minimum fuel on board.

## Other reports on N60EA (1)

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

- [Accident 20020706021519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706021519A), Jul 6, 2002: Bell 206B (N60EA), Threerivers, MI, Substantial damage. (.19) On July 6, 2002, at 0945 eastern standard time (EST), Bell 206B, N60EA, piloted by a commercial pilot sustained substantial damage during an emergency…

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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