# Accident 20250927014719A: Bell 206B, Archer City, TX, September 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2025, 12:25 local time
- Place: Archer City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5920° N, 98.7308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5920&lon=-98.7308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N565VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N565VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250927014719A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2025, A BELL JET RANGER WAS DESTROYED AFTER THE PILOT STRUCK A POWERLINE WITH THE TAIL ROTOR. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE PILOT EXITED THE CO-PILOT DOOR AND EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. A POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN25LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA396), Sep 27, 2025: Bell 206 (N565VA), Archer City, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while herding livestock.

## Other reports on N565VA (1)

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

- [Incident 20050627014599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050627014599I), Jun 27, 2005: Bell 206B (N565VA), Arkansas City, KS, Minor damage. (-23) On 6/27/2005 the pilot took off in a Bell 206 from a confined area near an oil rig with 3 passengers on board. Shortly after liftoff the helicopter…

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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