# Accident 19950922029919A: Bell 206B, Culebran, Puerto Rico, September 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1995, 07:50 local time
- Place: Culebran, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2280N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2280N-1997-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95TA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95TA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950922029919A

## Narrative

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

CRUISE 800FT OVER OCEAN. TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX SEPARATED. REMOVED MAINTENANCE PRIO. GEAR BOX LOOSE. PITCHED. ROLLED.

## 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 MIA95TA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95TA230), Sep 22, 1995: Bell 206B (N2280N), Culebra, PR, destroyed. Probable cause: the failure of company maintenance personnel to insure the tail rotor gearbox attach bolts were properly torqued.

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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