# Accident 20170916020829A: Bell 206L-3, Ancho, NM, September 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2017, 16:30 local time
- Place: Ancho, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9119° N, 105.5269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9119&lon=-105.5269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N213TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N213TV-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L-3 (registry code 1182108, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L-3
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170916020829A

## Narrative

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

ON  9-16-2017 AT 16:30 MST, A BELL 206-L3 HELICOPTER, N213TV, REGISTERED TO LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM FROM ROSWELL, NM.

NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH LESS THAN 5 KNOTS OF WIND. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WITH POST CRASH FIRE AND THE PILOT(SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ROSWELL, NM ON 9-16-2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 MST.

## 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 CEN17FA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA355), Sep 16, 2017: Bell 206L 3 (N213TV), Ancho, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's distraction by a cell phone during a low-altitude flight, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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