# Accident 19960813022649A: Bell 206B, Starks, ME, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 12:40 local time
- Place: Starks, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ZIFA
- Location: 44.7306° N, 69.9662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Starks, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7306&lon=-69.9662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9913K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9913K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,289 total, 1,767 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813022649A

## Narrative

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

POWER LINE PATROL. FLEW SLOW DOWNWIND TO OBSERVE SPOT. GOT TOO SLOW. LOST TAIL ROTOR EFFECT. YAWED. TAIL HIT TREES.

## 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 NYC96LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA167), Aug 13, 1996: Bell 206B (N9913K), Starks, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper decision to operate at slow airspeed, and close to the critical relative wind azimuth area in gusty, variable winds, which resulted in an inadvertent loss of tail rotor…

## Other reports on N9913K (1)

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

- [Accident 20230721008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230721008829A), Jul 21, 2023: Bell 206B (N9913K), Terra Alta, WV, Destroyed. Transcribed from the pilots original written statement Started recording lidar on designated powerline. Heading southeast up into mountainous area. As we…

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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