# Accident 20250723011679A: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Thibodaux, LA, July 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2025, 06:15 local time
- Place: Thibodaux, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FTYG
- Location: 29.8013° N, 90.7740° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8013&lon=-90.7740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2611, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2611) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C28 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,528 total, 9,443 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723011679A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 23, 2025, ABOUT 0630 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL 206L-1 HELICOPTER, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY WHILE THE PILOT WAS APPLYING PESTICIDE TO A SUGAR CANE FIELD. AT THE END OF A PASS OVER THE FIELD, DURING A MANEUVER TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT THE RIGHT SKID ON A POWER LINE STATIC WIRE WHICH CAUSED THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL AND IMPACT THE GROUND. THE WIRE WAS ABOUT 180 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE FIELD AND ABOUT 85 FEET OFF 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 CEN25FA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA281), Jul 23, 2025: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N2611), Thibodaux, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance to powerlines during an agricultural application pass.

## Other reports on N2611 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110222004039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110222004039I), Feb 22, 2011: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N2611), Abbeville, LA, Minor damage. While performing a maintenance operation check flight after the engine hot section had been removed and reinstalled the night before, the engine failed (quit)…
- [Accident 19880627027319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880627027319A), Jun 27, 1988: Bell 206L1 (N2611), Houma, LA, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Autorotated to a hard landing chopping off tailboom. Found water in fuel control unit.

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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