# NTSB Accident MIA00FA003
> **Bell 206B** · 1999-10-05 · CENTREVILLE, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA00FA003
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20004
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-05
- **Location:** CENTREVILLE, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.949985, -87.130836
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206B
- **Registration:** N1285S
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the helicopter's fuel system resulting in an in-flight loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of overboard porting of fuel when the airframe fuel filter was left in the 'drain and locked' position and the subsequent collision with trees during an attempted autorotation.

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