# Accident 20190123000339A: Bell 206L-3, Ashland, OR, January 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2019, 11:40 local time
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Airport: Rogue Valley International Med
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0667° N, 122.5964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0667&lon=-122.5964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8227J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8227J-2019-04-29) (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 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190123000339A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/23/2019, A PILOT WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT FROM MFR, HOME BASE, UNDER PART 91, BUILDING HOURS. WHILE FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 62DEG HEADING, AT LOW AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED LARGE TREES THEN DROPPED TO STEEP HEAVILY FORESTED TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WITH NO POST-CRASH FIRE. AIRCRAFT HAD FUEL ON BOARD. DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM WHERE THE AIRFRAME CAME TO REST. MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE DESTROYED FROM DYNAMIC IMPACT. TAIL ROTOR HAD MINOR DYNAMIC LEADING EDGE  DAMAGE, BLADES WERE FOLDED MID SPAN. SKID TUBES AND CROSS TUBES WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRFRAME AND TAIL BOOM WERE DESTROYED. THE MRH, MR TRANSMISSION, MAST, AND MRB ROOT ENDS WERE INTACT AND CENTRALLY LOCATED IN DEBRIS FIELD. ELT INSTALLED AND OPERATING, ANTENNA WAS TORN LOOSE.

## 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 WPR19LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA071), Jan 23, 2019: Bell 206 (N8227J), Ashland, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and spatial disorientation leading to a loss of…

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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