# Accident 19930423010429A: Bell 206B3, Austin, TX, April 23, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1993, 14:47 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2205X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2205X-1996-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 1,642 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW93FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930423010429A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED SPINNING AND IMPACTING GROUND IN SEVERE GUSTY WIND. HAD NOT FLOW TYPE IN OVER THREE YEARS.

## 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 FTW93FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93FA137), Apr 23, 1993: Bell 206B III (N2205X), Austin, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: AIRCRAFT CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY PILOT IN COMMAND. FACTORS WERE UNFAVORABLE WINDS AND PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE.

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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