# Incident 19900526028409I: Bell 206B, East Haven, VT, May 26, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1990, 13:30 local time
- Place: East Haven, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 44.6642° N, 71.8884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Haven, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6642&lon=-71.8884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900526028409I

## Narrative

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

ON EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION. ENTERED DROP ZONE. ELECTED TO GO AROUND. ROTOR BLADES HIT ROOF OF BUILDING.

## Other reports on N444JB (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020914024429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020914024429A), Sep 14, 2002: Bell OH58A (N444JB), Rochester, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot fatal when N444JB, OH-58A piloted by george norman clairmont, engaged in agricultural FAR 133 external load operations crashed while lifting…
- [Accident 19960701015689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960701015689A), Jul 1, 1996: Bell 206B (N444JB), South Carver, MA, Substantial damage. On aerial application load became imbalanced. Lost control, made uncontrollabel right turn. Crashed in a pond. (-23) during aerial application of fertilizer,…

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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