# Accident 20210908013049A: Bell 206L-3, Tillamook, OR, September 8, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2021, 10:53 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 13ML
- Location: 45.3657° N, 123.6467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3657&lon=-123.6467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6516K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6516K-2023-05-13) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,366 total, 1,088 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210908013049A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED AERIAL RECON OF A NEW AERIAL APPLICATION ZONE IN STEEP, HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN AND WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A SMALL VALLEY TO MEET THE LOADER/FUEL TRUCK PARKED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SPRAY ZONE. BETWEEN THE LOADER TRUCK AND THE SPRAY ZONE WAS A SET OF POWER TRANSMISSION LINES SPANNING THE VALLEY IN A ROUGHLY WEST TO EAST DIRECTION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE POWER TRANSMISSIN LINES MID-SPAN STRIKING AND SEVERING THE NORTH POWER LINE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PULL BACK AND TO THE RIGHT TO TURN AWAY FROM THE POWER LINES BUT NO LONGER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR21LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA338), Sep 8, 2021: Bell 206L-3 (N6516K), Tillamook, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a powerline during a low reconnaissance, with sun glare.

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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