# Accident 19870509016019A: Bell 206B, Sloan, NV, May 9, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1987, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sloan, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9436° N, 115.2172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sloan, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9436&lon=-115.2172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3187D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870509016019A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA87LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA091), May 9, 1987: Bell 206-B (N3187D), Sloan, NV, destroyed

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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