# Accident 20171108018909A: Bell 206L-3, Union City, TN, November 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2017, 11:40 local time
- Place: Union City, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 36.4219° N, 89.0506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4219&lon=-89.0506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L-3
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 250HP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,686 total, 2,327 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171108018909A

## Narrative

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

*ON 11/08/2017 AT 1130 N275AE LIFTED FROM HOME BASE IN TROY, TN

*THE FLIGHT WAS A PUBLIC RELATIONS FLIGHT FOR THE 911 DISPATCH CENTER IN UNION CITY, TN

* THE PIC MADE A HIGH LEVEL PASS OF LANDING ZONE.

* THE PIC APPROACHED THE LANDING ZONE.

* THE PIC TOUCHED DOWN, BUT HAD THE SKIDS ON A SLOPE THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF.

*THE AIRCRAFT SLID BACKWARDS, THE PIC CORRECTED WITH FORWARD CYCLIC CONTROL.

* THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED TAIL UP, THE PIC CORRECTED WITH CYCLE AFT CONTROL.

* THIS MOVEMENT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL CAUSE THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD TO BUMP AGAINST THE MAST AND THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

* THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD CUT THREE ELECTRICAL WIRES AS IT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

*CREW MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA18LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA020), Nov 8, 2017: Bell 206 (N275AE), Union City, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent slope landing and attempted recovery, which resulted in an incipient dynamic rollover, mast bumping, and separation of the main rotor.

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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