PLYMOUTH, MA, USA
N543CC
BELL 206B
SHORTLY AFTER THE HELICOPTER TOOKOFF, THE LOW ROTOR RPM LIGHT CAME ON AND THE LOW ROTOR RPM HORN SOUNDED. THE PILOT RESPONDED BY LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE AND ENTERING INTO AUTOROTATION. AT TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT SKID COLLAPSED AND THE MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED THE GROUND. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT REVEALED THAT IT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED.
A LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE FUEL CONTROL WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN DUE TO AN UNSUITABLE LANDING AREA.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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