# Accident 19760417034839A: Bell 206B, Leeville, LA, April 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1976
- Place: Leeville, LA
- Airport: Block 21 No 55
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 29.2480° N, 90.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2480&lon=-90.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14856-1976-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,379 total, 69 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760417034839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAIN ROTOR TENSION-TORSION STRAP FAILED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW76AF085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF085), Apr 17, 1976: Bell 206B (N14856), Leeville, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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