# Accident 20040626012559A: Bell 206B, Cushing, OK, June 26, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2004, 20:45 local time
- Place: Cushing, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HFXA
- Location: 36.0500° N, 98.7503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0500&lon=-98.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27TV-2005-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,010 total, 4,920 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040626012559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 26, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL 206B HELICOPTER, N27TV, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE WATER IN THE CIMARRON RIVER FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH POWER LINES, WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR CUSHING, OKLAHOMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THREE PASSENGERS RIDING IN THE REAR SEATS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED AND SEVERED THREE POWER LINES THAT CROSSED THE CIMARRON RIVER AND WERE APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER.

## 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 FTW04FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA167), Jun 27, 2004: Bell 206B (N27TV), Cushing, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. Contributing factors were low altitude flight, sun glare, and the static wires.

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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