# Accident 19940410000109A: Bell 206B, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, April 10, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1994, 13:45 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2012° N, 67.1418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayagüez, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2012&lon=-67.1418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39125, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39125-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (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
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940410000109A

## Narrative

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

ON PHOTO BOAT RACE FLIGHT REPORT POWER LOSS NOT VERIFIED. INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL IN SIDESLIP. CONTACTED WATER

## 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 MIA94LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA116), Apr 10, 1994: Bell 206B (N39125), Mayaguez, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WHICH RESULTED IN A DESCENT AND DITCHING.

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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