Bell 206B

FAA incident reports · 879

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Accident 20141002023339ABell 206B · Refugio, TXAircraft was heavely loaded while performing pipeline patrol. Suspect power loss with aircraft positioned over some power tranmission lines, pilot was unable to perform an autorotation resulting in helicopter spinning about the vertical axis and crashing into…Oct 2, 2014 · N49746 · Substantial damageIncident 20140925017839IBell 206B · Antlers, OKPilot stated that during takeoff he lost directional control. Set aircraft down in a field. Damaged the tail rotorSep 25, 2014 · N152CA · Minor damageAccident 20140730012879ABell 206B · Spring, TXThe helicopter was leased from a part 135 operator to the sheriffs department for air support operations. Sheriffs department personnel were operating the aircraft. The aircrew (a pilot in command and a tactical flight officer) entered the aircraft and began…Jul 30, 2014 · N866H · Substantial damageIncident 20140729012679IBell 206B · Meadows, ILAircraft struck power linesJul 29, 2014 · N59600 · Minor damageAccident 20140726020539ABell 206B · Lincoln, NEThe aircraft was spraying at 16-18 feet AGL at a speed of approximately 80MPH. Sudden loss of power, autorotation, and landed on a nearby soy bean field. During the landing on the berm, the aircraft settled on the backside and broke the tailboom. No injuries.Jul 26, 2014 · N240SJ · Substantial damageAccident 20140617008589ABell 206B · Decatur, TXThe flight was an ebc quarterly currency training flight event. After departing kafw the helicopter proceeded to Decatur (klud). The flight went through what would be considered a normal routine of practice approaches and specialized landing and touch down…Jun 17, 2014 · N536T · Substantial damageAccident 20140205000599ABell 206B · Bountiful, UTAircraft landed in 2 feet of snow that was layered to the surface, alternating between powder and ice. After sitting on the ground at flat pitch for about 3O seconds, the front portion of the right skid fell through the ice placing the aircraft at a…Feb 5, 2014 · N3211N · Substantial damageAccident 20140102000809ABell 206B · Temple, TXOn January 2, 2014, at approximately 17:00 hours, a Bell 206B, N400XL owned by engemann aviation services LLC and operated by production air services, crashed at Draughon-Miller Central Texas regional airport. VFR flight conditions prevailed and the pilot did…Jan 2, 2014 · N400XL · Substantial damageAccident 20131102020059ABell 206B · Superior, MTOn November 2, 2013, at approximately 1315 MST, a Bell BHT-206-B, N888DR, registered to Montana aero inc. collided with a large bark mulch pile while performing 14 CFR part 133 operations. Visual meterorlogical conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft…Nov 2, 2013 · N888DR · Substantial damageAccident 20131028020669ABell 206B · Days Creek, ORWhile flying near Days Creek, Oregon, the aircraft struck three power wires crossing the south fork of the umpqua river. The aircraft was operated by tl forest product and was contracted by the Oregon department of fish and wildlife (odfw) to perform fish egg…Oct 28, 2013 · N16673 · DestroyedAccident 20130804022569ABell 206B · Salinas, CAThe pilot made a hard landing after losing engine power. The pilot had completed his first spray load and was returning to the supply truck for more applicant at the time of the accident.Aug 4, 2013 · N90146 · DestroyedAccident 20130523011509ABell 206B · Chesterfield, MOOn may 23, 2013 at approximately 2100 hrs. The flight instructor was acting as the pilot in command of helicopter N297CA, a Bell helicopter BHT-206B, s/n 1453. The flight instructor stated that while demonstrating a take off procedure to pilot under training.…May 23, 2013 · N297CA · Substantial damageAccident 20130510024819ABell 206B · Hartford, KYThe aircraft a power line and the ground during an aerial application flight. Weather had included low clouds, poor visibility, and periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms with a cold front moving through. The pilot and crew had been unable to work during…May 10, 2013 · N94PH · Substantial damageAccident 20130427005919ABell 206B · Shepherd, MTOn April 27, 2013, at 0817 MST a Bell helicopter, model BHT-206B, N150SP, registered to tongue canyon aviation, LLC and flown by the private pilot owner collided with power lines and impacted the ground. The helicopter was destroyed and consumed by fire.…Apr 27, 2013 · N150SP · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20130420005949ABell 206B3 · Wells, NVOn 4/20/2013 at 10:40 a.m., helicopter N4237M, a Bell 206B3, struck a 8-10 foot bush with the tail rotor. This resulted in significant vibrations. The pilot elected to land without power to the nearest landing area. The landing was completed with no…Apr 20, 2013 · N4237M · Substantial damageAccident 20130218003079ABell 206B · Eureka, NVThe helicopter was conducting public aircraft operations for the blm, seeding a burned area, when it struck a static line strung between the tops of power transmission towers. After striking the line, the main rotors and rotor head severed from the top of the…Feb 18, 2013 · N20620 · Substantial damage · 1 fatalAccident 20130211001189ABell 206B · Albuquerque, NMPilot stated engine shut down during flight at low altitude and low airspeed. Pilot entered autorotation to available cleared area in mountainous terrain. Due to low rotor RPM, aircraft landed hard, main rotor blades struck tail boom and aircraft rolled overFeb 11, 2013 · N360AW · Substantial damageAccident 20130210001699ABell 206B · Acton, CAApproved plan of activities for movie waiver issued for: 09 February 2013, from 1600-2200 PST. Accident occurred at 0333 February 10, 2013, during filming. Aircraft impacted terrain for unknown reasons.Feb 10, 2013 · N59518 · Destroyed · 3 fatalAccident 20121010022839ABell 206B · Crowley, LAPilot had left maintenance facility in broussard, LA enroute back to beaumont, TX. Approximately 25 minutes after departure, the helicopter struck the guide wire of a tower approximately 18 miles south of Crowley, LA. Eyewitness was a tower worker who was on…Oct 10, 2012 · N333DR · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20120919021839ABell 206B · Mammoth, CAThe pilot was performing power line inspections 12 miles south east of mmh airport. The pilot stated that he became aware of the lack of power when the climb performance deteriorated. He also stated that he realized that further climb was not possible so he…Sep 19, 2012 · N222GR · DestroyedIncident 20120818020439IBell 206B · Point Hope, AKSuffered engine failure 50 ft above ground and at 40 knots on short final entered autorotation and landed hard.Aug 18, 2012 · N205PA · Substantial damageAccident 20120530009489ABell 206B · Burbank, WAPilot was conducting aerial application fertilizer spraying over an apple orchard. The pilot was on the fourth pass at approximately 15 feet over the tree tops when the engine lost power and the low rotor RPM light/sound and the engine out light came on. The…May 30, 2012 · N106TV · Substantial damageAccident 20120525009189ABell 206B · Long Boat Key, FLApproximately 2:25 pm at a height of 500 ft. [privacy data omitted] Had a complete engine failure (reason unknown at this point). He was approximately 6.5 km from the airport along the longboat key shoreline. The initial indication was a yaw and immediately…May 25, 2012 · N806LA · Substantial damageAccident 20120509008699ABell 206B · Flora, INOn Wednesday may 9th at approximately 1305Z, a Bell 206B iii, N1069Z, crashed in a wheat field near Flora, Indiana. The helicopter was owned and operated by townsend aviation. The helicopter was being operated by brian townsend conducting agricultural…May 9, 2012 · N1069Z · Substantial damageAccident 20120502009059ABell 206B · Valley Falls, KSAircraft departed lawrence, KS with one pilot and two passengers on board for the purpose of conducting pipeline patrol operations. According to the pilot's statement, approximately 45 minutes into the flight, the pilot slowed the aircraft to a hover at…May 2, 2012 · N85RB · Substantial damageAccident 20120427008199ABell 206B · Elizabethtown, PADuring spray application maneuvering, the pilot (single occupant) became distracted with the electronic spray/navigation equipment and allowed the aircraft to make contact with the ground. Controlled flight into terrain.Apr 27, 2012 · N16EP · DestroyedAccident 20120426005909ABell 206B · Amarillo, TXOn April 26, 2012, at approximately 1700 CDT, a Bell 206B jet ranger approached Rick Husband Amarillo international airport from the north. As the helicopter was transitioning from forward flight into a hover at the intersections of charlie and papa, the…Apr 26, 2012 · N2068X · Substantial damageAccident 20120424006079ABell 206B · Arvin, CAOn 04-24-2012 N696W a Bell 206 helicopter was involved in a non injury accident. The helicopters was being operated under 14 cfr-part 137 and was conducting agricultural operations. The aircraft struck a wire with its main rotor . The pilot tried to control…Apr 24, 2012 · N969W · Substantial damageAccident 20120306002859ABell 206B · Titusville, FLDuring take off from area echo in Titusville helicopter rolled right impacting rotor blades to ground and flipped on its back taking substantial damage.Mar 6, 2012 · N83AP · Substantial damageAccident 20120122000489ABell 206B · Irving, TXThe pilot took off in this aircraft from kdto (denton airport) with 75 gallons of fuel. He picked up three passengers at dal, landmark aviation. He took these passengers to their destination in waco. He waited approximately one hour and they departed for the…Jan 22, 2012 · N555NB · Substantial damageAccident 20111226028679ABell 206B · Green Cove Spri, FLOn December 26, 2011, at approximately 0554 eastern standard time (EST) (1054Z), N5016M, a Bell 206B, operated by sk logistics (E7LA) doing business as sk jets, crashed in Green Cove springs, Florida, approximately 12 nautical miles north-northwest of lt. kay…Dec 26, 2011 · N5016M · Destroyed · 3 fatalAccident 20111114026879ABell 206B · Woodburn, ORThe PIC stated he had been having problems with the loads as they were not put together well by the "pickers". Just before the accident the PIC noticed the load was lose and tried to relocate it to the picker, who had already moved to next load about 50 yards…Nov 14, 2011 · N16HA · Substantial damageIncident 20111103025279IBell 206B · Buckeye, AZAirman was operating a part 137 aerial agricultural spray application. These operations are frequently conducted on location with support crew and equipment where fuel and dispersants are loaded between passes during the execution of the mission while the…Nov 3, 2011 · N88HC · Minor damageAccident 20111004023829ABell 206B · New York, NYOn October 4, 2011, 1525 eastern daylight time a Bell 206B, N63Q, registered to a private owner collided with the east river (salt water) during takeoff from east 34th street heliport (6N5), New York city, New York. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed…Oct 4, 2011 · N63Q · Destroyed · 2 fatalAccident 20110915021979ABell 206B · Spicewood, TXOn 09/15/2011 at approximatley 0815 hrs, pilot was on a pleasure flight with one passenger in a Bell 206B helicopter cruising at 105 knots at an altitude of approximatley 250 - 300 ft AGL when engine RPM dropped to flight idle speed. Pilot had no previous…Sep 15, 2011 · N3181J · DestroyedIncident 20110831020859IBell 206B · Frost Proof, FLWhile in flight, pilot experienced severe vibration, emergency descent and landing in an open field without injuries. Tail rotor gearbox was partially held on by one of four bolts. It was found that (1) tail rotor blade counter weight located inside the end…Aug 31, 2011 · N56AL · Minor damageAccident 20110723014789ABell 206B · Randlett, OKOn 07/23/2011 at approximately 11:45 a Bell helicopter model 206B hit a power-line while performing a low level film flight over Oklahoma highway 70, at Randlett, Oklahoma. The helicopter sustained substantial damage, it appeared that after the helicopter…Jul 23, 2011 · N118TV · Substantial damageAccident 20110621010929ABell 206B · Franklin, CAPer pilot, he was practicing autorotations and had done several already. During the last autorotation to a power recovery, when he rolled the throtle back on, he heard a pop, the low rotor RPM horn came on, the helicopter started to vibrate. The pilot decided…Jun 21, 2011 · N38EA · DestroyedAccident 20110527012299ABell 206B · Glendale, AZAt approximately 8:30 a.m. on may 27, 2011 a Bell 206B helicopter (N59383) experienced a hard landing in a confined area approximately 15 miles north of Glendale airport (kgeu). The pilot in command was [privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Holds…May 27, 2011 · N59383 · Substantial damageIncident 20110526008729IBell 206B · Brigham City, UTDuring flight instruction at night, pilot was making an approch for landing at Brigham City, UT. A bird stuck the helicopter on the left side between the chin bubble and windshield. It pentrated the cabin through the honeycomb structure making contact with…May 26, 2011 · N3211N · Minor damageAccident 20110413007549ABell 206B · Venice, LAAfter making a water landing to drop off a passinger the pilot began to taxi across the canal away from the platform/dock. When clear of the platform the pilot induced a right pedal turn, at that point the aircraft began to roll over to the right. He applied…Apr 13, 2011 · N887T · Substantial damageIncident 20110227010989IBell 206B · Arbuckle, CAAt 3AM in the morning while conducting frost control, the helicopter struck three high tension power lines. Wire cutters installed on the helicopter cut the power lines. No damage was reported on the helicopter.Feb 27, 2011 · N2275Q · No damageAccident 20110115001329ABell 206B · Three Forks, MTOn January 15th, 2011, at about 1320 mountain standard time, a Bell 206B, N78BR, was substantially damaged following a practice power-recovery autorotation at Three Forks airport (9S5), Three Forks, Montana. The certificated private pilot at controls, and the…Jan 15, 2011 · N78BR · Substantial damageAccident 20101210052919ABell 206B · Isom, KYWhile conducting powerline survey charter, N263CH was surveying powerlines southbound along a highway when the helicopter struck one of the top two neutural wires on another set of powerlines that crossed the flight path. The helicopter and wire connected at…Dec 10, 2010 · N263CH · Substantial damageAccident 20101103049709ABell 206B · Meeker, CO[privacy data omitted] Was PIC of a Bell 206, N8533F flying a part 91 pipeline patrol. They were approx. 10 miles north west of Meeker co. at approx 1500 local time he was flying west bound and struck a set of power lines that were 90' above the road in the…Nov 3, 2010 · N8533F · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20101015049519ABell BHT-206B · Clarkson Valley, MOOn October 15, 2010 at approximately 11:10 hours local time, a Missouri state highway patrol helicopter (N96MP; BHT-206B) was returning to spirit of saint louis airport (ksus) from a helicopter traffic enforcement mission. The helicopter was piloted by…Oct 15, 2010 · N96MP · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20101014048889ABell 206B · Auburn, CAAircraft struck powerlines and experienced severe vibrations. Pilot executed a precationary landing. The aircraft came to rest on its side and was substanially damaged. The pilot and one passenger were not injured.Oct 14, 2010 · N2763M · Substantial damageAccident 20101013051219ABell 206B · Winnie, TXThe pilot landed ontop of a fuel truck to refuel. One of the ground personel made a hand gesture that the pilot mistook as a signal for takeoff. Upon lifting off the fuel hose that was still attached to the helicopter pulled the aircraft back down causing…Oct 13, 2010 · N499BH · DestroyedAccident 20100823048199ABell 206B · Wycksburg, ALInstructor pilot failed to observe student on lift off to a hover, when the student lost control and the aircraft blades contacted the ground.Aug 23, 2010 · N69875 · Substantial damageAccident 20100728041539ABell 206B · St. Olaf, IAThe aircraft was conducting aerial application when it impacted a power line damaging the helicopter. The damage caused the aircraft to become uncontrollable and it crashed into a field. The helicopter received substantial damage and the pilot received minor…Jul 28, 2010 · N275RA · Substantial damage
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