# Accident 20081013850829A: Bell 206L4, Conroe, TX, October 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2008, 11:09 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2296° N, 95.4992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2296&lon=-95.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6ZV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6ZV-2013-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L4
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 6,099 total, 3,233 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013850829A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 13, 2008, AT 1109 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL 206L-4, N6ZV, WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE HELICOPTER STRUCK TREES, IMPACTED TERRAIN AND EXPERIENCED A POST CRASH FIRE IN CONROE, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PIC, A COMMERCIAL PILOT AND A NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER-PASSENGER ABOARD THE HELICOPTER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HOUSTON'S HOBBY AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1040, AND WAS ENROUTE TO CONROE, TEXAS. A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE LOW-FLYING HELICOPTER BANK STEEPLY TO THE RIGHT BEFORE DESCENDING NOSE DOWN. THE ON-SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE WAS STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER BLADE WAS BENT 90 DEGREES. ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE HUB AND EXHIBITED ONLY TRAILING EDGE AND MID-CORD DAMAGE. THE STUB OF THE OTHER ROTOR BLADE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE HUB, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE COMPOSITE BLADE WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. DAMAGE TO THE BLADES WERE CONSISTENT WITH NO POWER IMPACT.

## 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 CEN09FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA012), Oct 13, 2008: Bell 206 (N6ZV), Conroe, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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