Lack of fuel.  The helicopter landed hard and the main rotor blades contacted and severed the tail boom, forward of the tail rotor assembly.

Date:

18 August, 2012

Reg:

N118EC

Make:

Bell

Model:

B206

MSN:

2218

Location:

San Juan

Country:

Puerto Rico

Civil / Military:

Civil

Link:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120820X21018&key=1