# Accident 19861020049549A: Bell 206B, Nashville, TN, October 20, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1986, 11:00 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1194° N, 86.7675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1194&lon=-86.7675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2204Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,453 total, 793 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861020049549A

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE HELICOPTER MADE A HARD LANDING. THE SPUR GEAR WAS WORN DUE TO A BAD OIL DELIVERY TUBE.

## 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 ATL87FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA009), Oct 20, 1986: Bell 206B III (N2204Z), Nashville, TN, substantial damage

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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