# NTSB Accident CHI00LA132
> **Bell 206B** · 2000-05-06 · ECKERMAN, MI, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA132
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20953
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-05-06
- **Location:** ECKERMAN, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.35905, -85.02996
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206B
- **Registration:** N9TD
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain translational lift following an aborted landing and the loss of tail rotor effectiveness encountered by the pilot.  Factors to the accident were the low rotor rpm and the trees.

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