Bell 206B N59426

Summary

On 17 January 1983 at about 17:50 local time, a Bell 206B registered N59426 was involved in an accident near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 January 1983 at 17:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 206B

Registration

N59426

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA085

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE BELL 206 HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING AT A HELIPAD. DURING AUTOROTATION THE PILOT MOVED LEFT TO AVOID A PICKUP TRUCK ON THE OFF RAMP OF I-75 AND COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POLE AT ABOUT 10 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT, LANDED HARD AND SLID ABOUT 10 FEET.THE PILOT HAD STARTED THE FLIGHT WITH LESS THAN A FULL LOAD OF FUEL TO AVOID BEING LATE FOR TV NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS, WHO WERE TO BE HIS PASSENGERS. AFTER PICKING UP THE TWO PASSENGERS AT WCPO-TV HELIPAD THEY FLEW FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES, WHEN THE PILOT WITH 12 GALLONS OF FUEL INDICATED, INFORMEDTHE PASSENGERS THEY HAD TO RETURN BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL. AT 300 FEET AGL ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE FROM THE PAD WITH 9 GALLONS INDICATED THE REAR BOOST PUMP WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE AIR FILTER ICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE, FOLLOWED BY AUTO IGNITION LIGHT AND FLAME OUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.