# Accident 20200625009859A: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Coconut Creek, FL, June 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2020, 11:10 local time
- Place: Coconut Creek, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: OHML
- Location: 26.2636° N, 80.1000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2636&lon=-80.1000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5013G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5013G) (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-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200625009859A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FAA INSPECTORS WERE OBSERVING THE PART 133 ROTORCRAFT EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COCONUT CREEK FLORIDA,  AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10 HRS N5013G WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED THEM THE HELICOPTER WAS DOWN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE PILOT AND GROUND CREW AND WAS STATIONED AT THE PICKUP AREA. AT THE TIME OF NOTIFICATION, THE HELICOPTER WAS NOT VISIBLE TO INSPECTORS FROM THE PICKUP AREA. INSPECTORS QUICKLY MADE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE DESIGNATED DROP POINT DIRECTED BY A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN WORKING THERE. THE HELICOPTER WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 20 FEET FROM THE DROP POINT, UPRIGHT. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE DROP POINT/HELICOPTER WAS DENSELY FORESTED WITH THICK UNDERBRUSH. THE PILOT WAS FOUND LYING ON HIS BACK APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AFT OF THE HELICOPTER AND WAS BEING ATTENDED TO BY A GROUND CREW MEMBER. THE PILOT WAS CONSCIOUS AND ABLE TO RESPONDED VERBALLY. PARAMEDICS ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES AFTER WE REACHED THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED APPROXIMATELY 50-80 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT. INSPECTORS TOOK PICTURES OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, INTERVIEWED THE LOAD MASTER AND PILOT AND EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT FOR OBVIOUS MECHANICAL ISSUES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED FOR FUEL LEAKS AS WELL. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FUEL LEAKS. THE GROUND UNDER/AROUND THE IMPACT SITE WERE NOT SATURATED WITH FUEL. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FUEL FILLER NECK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY.

## 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 ERA20LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA229), Jun 25, 2020: Bell 206 (N5013G), Coconut Creek, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to recognize the illumination of the…

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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