# Accident 19890525012999A: Bell 206B, Camp Verde, AZ, May 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1989, 16:29 local time
- Place: Camp Verde, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IOHA
- Location: 34.4799° N, 111.7796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4799&lon=-111.7796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49608, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49608-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,134 total, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890525012999A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES CRASHED AND BURNED ON A POSITIONING VFR FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX89FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA203), May 25, 1989: Bell 206B (N49608), Camp Verde, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS IN HIS FLIGHT PATH AND VISUALLY DETECT OBSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO AVERT A COLLISION.

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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