- Date
- April 22, 2007, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sevierville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N219SHBell 206-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Nashville FSDO-03
- Case key
- 65611
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the flight controls while at a hover that resulted in the tail colliding with the ground, a subsequent hard landing, and collapse of the skids.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated he was hovering the helicopter from the left front seat using the collective pitch from the right front seat and the cyclic control from the left front seat. He said the tail of the helicopter collided with the ground and he applied improper flight control inputs. The helicopter landed hard on the ground and collapsed the skids causing structural damage to the fuselage.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated he was hovering the helicopter from the left front seat using the collective pitch from the right front seat and the cyclic control from the left front seat. The tail of the helicopter collided with the ground and the pilot applied improper flight control inputs. The helicopter landed hard on the ground and collapsed the skids causing structural damage to the fuselage. The commercial pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Eagles Landing Heliport, Sevierville, Tennessee, on April 22, 2007 at 1505.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N219SH
- Reported as
- Bell 206-B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1532
- Airframe hours
- 12,915
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel L. Haynes
- Registered owner
- Highway 66 Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2007 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 03TN · Sevierville, TN
- Destination
- 03TN
- Airport
- 03TN · Eagles Landing Heliport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.21 inHg
- Observed at
- KTYS, 21 nm away