Date of Incident:  June 29, 2021

DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENT: 

Cleared for Landing:  At the appropriate entry point, he entered into the autorotation and lowered the collective and reduced the throttle to idle maintaining 65 miles per hour. Before the flair, he advanced the throttle to full open position and noticed both power and rpm needles in the green arc. During the power recovery as he raised the collective to recover, the rotor low warning light came on along with the low rotor rpm horn. The helicopter landed hard and rolled over onto its left side.

Date of Last Annual Inspection:  April 19, 2021 @ 17,496.7 hours

**NOTE - Not included in Sale:   10/11/21 Log Entry:  Removed Copilot Cyclic Lever Assy, Removed Copilot Tail Rotor Pedal Assy and Connecting Tube and Removed Copilot Cyclic and Collective Sticks (Quick Disconnect).

AIRCRAFT:  1974 Bell 206B    N134VG   S/N: 1512   TT: 17,556.9

ENGINE:  Allison   Model:  M250-C20J   S/N: CAE-270703   TT: 10,519.6   

TSMOH: 340 hours / March 5, 2020

CYCLES: 9,160     LANDINGS: 16,783

EQUIPMENT: 

Garmin GMA 340

Garmin GNC250XL

Garmin SL40

Garmin GTX325

FreeFlight RAD-40 Altimeter Display

DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGES: 

We always recommend a full inspection of the aircraft.  The notes below are NOT from a repair facility but noted by the insurance company:

Damage to both main rotor blades, the main rotor transmission, gearbox and driveshaft that will also require an engine inspection. The tail rotor blades did not appear to be damaged, but there is damage along the driveshaft which will probably require that they be inspected and that the tail rotor gearbox be inspected as well.

The transmission deck which is pretty much the central part of this helicopter has damage to it apparently caused by the main rotor gearbox. The top of the fuselage is pushed in on the left side forward of the main rotor gearbox over the co-pilot's seat. Both forward windscreens are damaged as is the left cheek glass. Both top and bottom cable cutters are damaged, and the skids are broken and bent as well as all the cross tubes.

The right-side fuselage skin is damaged at the rear skid cross tube. It's also damaged on the right side of the fuselage where the tail boom attaches and there are some deflections in the tail boom as well. There is a small dent on the right horizontal stabilizer leading edge and the left horizontal stabilizer has substantial damage.

The fairing around the upper tail rotor driveshaft is damaged as are the fairings on the top of the fuselage around the main rotor system. The left forward door has some substantial damage to it and there is some light bending to the left rear door. The forward skin around the left side of the fuselage is crushed as well.

During Cleanup: 

Part of what was noticed in the debris is what appeared to be a part of the sprag clutch which is part of the main rotor transmission driveshaft assembly.

The main rotor transmission had moved forward on the transmission deck. It had damaged the transmission deck. We also were able to open up the left side transmission inspection door on the top of the helicopter. There, we could see what appeared to be part of the driveshaft that separated and there is also grease spray inside of this compartment and on the access door which is consistent with rotation before failure. To be really sure, they would have to pull off the cowlings around this area and begin to dissect the driveshaft and its components.

LOCATION OF AIRCRAFT:    Rome, NY (KRME)

SALVAGE MAY BE INSPECTED BY CONTACTING:  Jim Cohrs @ 770-570-7473

REMARKS:  Add 10067.9 to Hobbs for A/F - Add 3030.6 to Hobbs for Engine