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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Sloan, NV · May 9, 1987

Date
May 9, 1987 · 13:30 local
Place
Sloan, NV
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3187D
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87LA091
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,650 in this make and model124 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft hit the ground rotating to the right. The pilot was operating in high, gusty wind conditions.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND ROTATING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING IN HIGH, GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.