ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300456
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 November 2022 |
| Time: | 20:14 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 Jet Ranger III |
| Owner/operator: | Kash Helicopter Services LLC |
| Registration: | N61KH |
| MSN: | 2255 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenville Municipal Airport (GRE/KGRE), IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Greenville Municipal Airport, IL (GRE/KGRE) |
| Mount Vernon Airport, IL (KMVN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On November 2, 2022, about 2014 central daylight time, a Bell 206B helicopter, N61KH, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Greenville, Illinois. The pilot and one passenger sustained minor injuries and one passenger sustained no injury. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 business flight.
The helicopter, which has a normal and a restricted airworthiness certificate, had completed 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application work during the day. The two passengers onboard were loaders employed by the operator.
The helicopter was returning to the operator’s facility at the Mount Vernon Airport (MVN), Mount Vernon, Illinois. The helicopter stopped at the Greenville Airport (GRE), Greenville, Illinois, to receive fuel. After being fueled the helicopter departed for MVN. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported he was unable to maintain main rotor rpm.
The pilot initiated a 180° autorotation to land back to the airport. The helicopter landed hard on a grass area near a hangar, the right side skid collapsed, the tail boom separated, and the helicopter came to rest upright. The three occupants were able to egress from the helicopter without further incident.
At the time of the accident, the chemical hopper was empty. The fuel system was damaged from the accident sequence and a large fuel leak occurred on the grass. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, the tail boom, and the tail rotor system. The wreckage was recovered from the accident for a future examination.
Sources:
https://wgel.com/news/2022/11/helicopter-crash-at-greenville-airport-wednesday-night/
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 1993 | N33EA | Burney, Ray E. | 0 | 18 miles S of Harlem, Montana | |
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| Fuel contamination | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2022 15:02 | harro | Added |
| 03-Nov-2022 15:04 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 03-Nov-2022 17:03 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Nov-2022 12:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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