# Accident 19970123000779A: Bell 206B3, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 23, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1997, 07:51 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MHNA
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2047R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2047R-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B-III (registry code 1181506, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 7,243 total, 821 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970123000779A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RADIO TOWER. FELL TO GROUND IN PIECES. TRANSPORTING WORKERS FOR TREE EADICTION.

## 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 MIA97FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA070), Jan 23, 1997: Bell 206-B3 (N2047R), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation by carbon monoxide from undetermined sources which led to his diminished ability to see and avoid a radio tower.

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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