# Accident 19861125065339A: Bell 206B, Cincinnati, OH, November 25, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1986, 06:43 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunke
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1093° N, 84.4201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1093&lon=-84.4201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59610 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 112 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87MA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87MA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861125065339A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER HIT TREES WHEN THE VFR PILOT FLEW INTO CLOUDS. PRESSURE OF COMPETITION A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

## 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 ATL87MA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87MA028), Nov 25, 1986: Bell 206B (N59610), Cincinnati, OH, destroyed, 2 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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