- Date
- September 6, 1989, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murrieta, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N111JGBell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890906033939A
- Case key
- 26491
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Probable cause
A partial loss of engine power due to contaminates in the fuel control unit. The origin of the contaminates was not determined. Contributing factor(s) was: the helicopter was not equipped with floats.
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
After completing an external load aerial spraying application over a lake the helicopter sustained a partial loss of power and a decaying loss of rotor RPM. The plt turned toward the shoreline and executed an autorotation but its altitude (150 ft AGL) was insufficient to negotiate the shore. The wreckage exam dsclsd that the fuel control unit contained contaminates.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111JG
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1115
- Airframe hours
- 3,516
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 400 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 133
- Registered owner
- National Helicopter Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 21, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Skinner
- Airport
- French Valley
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.