Bell 206B

FAA incident reports · 879

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Accident 20100723043489ABell 206B · New Hampton, IAStruck overhead power line while performing aerial application with a rotorcraft. There were no wire cutters installed on the aircraft.Jul 23, 2010 · N40TA · Substantial damageAccident 20100623036699ABell 206B · Rickreall, ORThe owner/operator of the Bell 206B was piloting the aircraft at the time of the accident.. He had a stc'd belly tank attached to the aircraft with spray boom for dispensing economic poisons. He had been applying fungicide to a wheat field near Rickreall…Jun 23, 2010 · N3194G · Substantial damageAccident 20100530006099ABell 206B · Memphis, TNTraining exercise being conducted at 27TN on 5/30/2010. During autorotation exercise tail stinger made contact with the ground causing helicopter to nose over and make hard landing. Main rotor flexed down and struck tail boom severing tail boom from main…May 30, 2010 · N6401X · Substantial damageIncident 20100329032219IBell 206B · ALOn April 15, 2010, inspection personnel from the alabama/northwest Florida flight standards district office, SO-09, investigated an aircraft incident, which occurred on March 30, 2010 involving a Bell 206B (TH-67) helicopter, registration number N67751,…Mar 29, 2010 · N67751 · Minor damageAccident 20100107004879ABell 206B · Kalispell, MTOn January 7, 2010, pilot dennis carver certificate number 520442529 flew Bell 206B N127TP from Kalispell city to handerchief lake, which was frozen. Upon landing, pilot encountered white out conditions and aircraft began to drift right. The right skid…Jan 7, 2010 · N127TP · Substantial damageAccident 20100105025699ABell 206B · North Fork, CAOn January 5, 2010 at approximately 12:10 PST, a Bell B-206 struck a power line while conducting deer count for the California department of fish and game. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The helicopter was operating under visual flight…Jan 5, 2010 · N5016U · Destroyed · 4 fatalAccident 20091025021489ABell 206B · Eupora, MSPilot stated he performed a preflight before flight and no evidence of contaminated fuel. Pilot stated that during an aerial application flight his helicopter lost power during a turn. He impacted the ground in a clearing. Upon investigation evidence of…Oct 25, 2009 · N57PH · DestroyedAccident 20090908049369ABell 206B · Wicksburg, ALInstructer allowed student to overcontrol collective during departure from slope, resulting in rollover.Sep 8, 2009 · N67606 · Substantial damageAccident 20090721048859ABell 206B · Goodman, ALThe accident occurred during a us army instructional flight. The aircrew was hovering to park when the pilot felt an uncommanded cyclic control movement to the left. The rotor blades contacted the ground before the pilot could regain control which resulted in…Jul 21, 2009 · N91637 · Substantial damageAccident 20090711011739ABell 206B · Burlington, WA(-23) After completing a 300 acre spray job at 5 locations. [privacy data omitted] Was positioning the helicopter on a trailer with a right cross wind of 5 m.p.h. the right skid of the helicopter hung-up on the trailer. The aircraft ended up on its right side…Jul 11, 2009 · N302PD · Substantial damageAccident 20090422007909ABell 206B · Fort Rucker/Do, AL(-23) The accident occurred while performing military training. The aircrew was conducting a simulated engine failure while on approach and entered a standard autorotation to lane 5 in the pattern at Toth stage field. The aircraft sustained substantial damage…Apr 22, 2009 · N67183 · Substantial damageAccident 20090407007819ABell 206B · West Palm Beac, FL(-23) Pilot had just dropped off one passenger and some light cargo onto a pier built in the preserve from which wildife is observed. Pilot was water taxing towards his 4 o'clock position at flight idle power and "some collective, to lighten the weight on the…Apr 7, 2009 · N25PM · Substantial damageAccident 20081111856619ABell 206B · West Palm Beac, FL(-23) On 11/11/08, at approximately 0610, a Bell 206B helicopter N281CB piloted by [privacy data omitted], experienced total power loss. [privacy data omitted] States that he saw an "engine failed light" and a "low rotor RPM" light. During the subsequent…Nov 11, 2008 · N281CB · Substantial damageAccident 20081010848849ABell 206B · Yale, WA(-23) While conducting external load operations to sling noble fir bough bundles, the pilot in command dragged the load on the ground and lost control of the helicopter. The pilot in command jettisoned the load and rolled off the throttle just prior to the…Oct 10, 2008 · N206CH · DestroyedAccident 20080927848189ABell 206B · WY(-23) On September 27, 2008 at 13:25 MDT, a Bell helicopeter 206B, N59611, registered to [privacy data omitted], landed hard 19 miles southwest of laramie Wyoming, while spotting cattle. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight…Sep 27, 2008 · N59611 · DestroyedAccident 20080909849209ABell 206B · Eutaw, AL(-23) The pilot landed his helicopter on the ground next to the servicing truck. This truck contained both the chemical and fuel. The pilot requested fuel in addition to the chemical upload. After seeing a thumbs-up signal, the pilot lifted off. The chemical…Sep 9, 2008 · N206WA · Substantial damageIncident 20080621834619IBell 206B · Vineyard Haven, MA(-23) Inbound to mvy, martha's Vineyard, MA, helicopter experienced engine flame-out. Helicopter auto rotated safely into the ocean approximately six-hundred yards off shore, six miles north of mvy. Pilot and passengers departed aircraft safely with no…Jun 21, 2008 · N406DK · Minor damageAccident 20080311011829ABell 206B · Ventura County, CA(-23) While conducting aerial application the aircraft and main rotor struck the ground destroying the aircraft. Pilot was not injured. Wx was not a factor.Mar 11, 2008 · N7028J · DestroyedIncident 20071216831979IBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico, US(-23) The pilot attempted to start the helicopter N5008K in winds 26 knots gusting to 30 knots. The a/c was parked next to a/c N119AL. As a result the a/c tail swung and struck a/c 119AL. The wind velocity was measured by the pilot's hand held wind meter.Dec 16, 2007 · N5008K · Minor damageAccident 20071020827459ABell 206B · Prudhoe Bay, AK(-23) [privacy data omitted] aircraft was operating in below freezing temperatures spraying hot water from an internal boom operated by a crewmember. The water was pumped from a 55 gal container by a gas powered pump. The object was to clean insulators on a…Oct 20, 2007 · N345TV · Substantial damageAccident 20071018824639ABell 206B · Dickinson, ND(-23) On October 19, 2007, at 11:10 am local time a Bell 206, N51698, operated by a commercial pilot was destroyed while herding horses 20 miles west of Dickinson, ND. The pilot stated that the left skid caught the top cable of the fence and the helicopter…Oct 18, 2007 · N51698 · DestroyedAccident 20070911022369ABell 206B · Casey Key, FL(-23) On September 11, 2007, at approximately 1000 EDT, a Bell helicopter, model 206B, N261BH, serial #2817, was totally destroyed on impact to the surface of the water at a position of approximately 1 mile west of Casey Key, Florida. The aircraft had…Sep 11, 2007 · N261BH · Destroyed · 2 fatalAccident 20070911018949ABell 206B · Rosamond, CA(-23) Aircraft landed, pilot stated that he rolled the throttle to flight idle and tightened the cyclic friction, then aircraft impacted a hangar approximately 30 feet away, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot has no recollection of the…Sep 11, 2007 · N205LT · Substantial damageAccident 20070905824179ABell 206B · Lakeland, FL(-23) Pilot reported that just prior to touchdown, fifteen to twenty feet above the ground, the aircraft lost tail rotor effectiveness and spun around several times. He said he executed a hovering autorotation and landed the aircraft resulting in a hard…Sep 5, 2007 · N267MW · Substantial damageAccident 20070807019499ABell 206B · Warrenton, VA(-23) During landing maneuver tail boom bent to the right after touchdown. Crew shut down engine and evacuated aircraft.Aug 7, 2007 · N3202D · Substantial damageAccident 20070731016839ABell 206B · Columbia, MO(-23) During take-off the pilot pedal-turned downwind, and the aircraft began to lose altitude. He added power, the aircraft dipped forward and the rotor struck the ground causing the aircraft to roll over on its right side.Jul 31, 2007 · N9ZV · Substantial damageAccident 20070716015039ABell 206B · Dillon, MT(-23) At approximately 0830 hours on July 16, 2007, at location 15.5 miles northwest of the island park reservoir, on the Montana side of the montana/idaho state line, while conducting a helicopter external load operation, the pilot was back-hauling an empty…Jul 16, 2007 · N164JS · Substantial damageAccident 20070626020509ABell 206B · Grand Forks, ND(-23) During a dual training flight the cfi/pic had taken control of the helicopter while the student was donning the IFR hood. During a low hover the aircraft drifted aft and to the right contacting the ground with the aft end of the right skid, bounced and…Jun 26, 2007 · N96ND · Substantial damageAccident 20070620009859ABell 206B · Sand Springs, OK(-23) A television station was filming a promoational segment involving the helicopter that was involved in the accident and a satellite communications vehicle (scv). The scv was parked on the south end of a taxiway that is west and parallel to a single…Jun 20, 2007 · N196TV · DestroyedAccident 20070605012209ABell 206B · Cedartown, GA(-23) The helicopter encountered a strong gust of wind causing a yaw to the right. Left pedal was applied but only slowed the yaw. The yaw increased and full left pedal was applied but the aircraft continued to yaw to the right. Collective was reduced in an…Jun 5, 2007 · N912SP · DestroyedAccident 20070513009069ABell 206B · Horseshoe Bay, TX(-23) On may 13, 2007 (at 0745 hrs central daylight time), a single engine Bell 206-B helicopter, N905WP, was substantially damaged following a loss of control while attempting to take off from a private subdivision (applehead island) in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.…May 13, 2007 · N905WP · Substantial damageAccident 20070511008249ABell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico, US(-23) While taking off from an offshore platform, the pilot stated that once the aircraft was leaving the side of the helideck, the aircraft began sinking and then started spinning to the right. The pilot stated he lowered the collective, popped the floats…May 11, 2007 · N3RL · Substantial damageIncident 20070420015239IBell 206B · Williamsport, PA(-23) During takeoff from portable landing platform, in crosswind conditions, aircraft drifted right, and right hand landing skid dropped off platform while still in contact with platform. Aircraft rolled to the right and pitched nose up. Right hand…Apr 20, 2007 · N176P · Minor damageAccident 20070323016729ABell 206B · Lewes, DE(-23) Helicopter, with 3 passengers on board, struck utility power wire upon takeoff from road at housing development construction site. The helicopter hit the ground hard, the skids collapsed. The helicopter rolled onto its left side.Mar 23, 2007 · N828BA · Substantial damageAccident 20070305002689ABell 206B · Custer, MT(-23) While landing his helicopter at a cattle feed lot, the pilot failed to maintain clearance from a piece of farm equipment that had been parked near the location that he chose to land at. While less than 10 feet above his landing spot, the pilot…Mar 5, 2007 · N150SP · Substantial damageAccident 20061111025029ABell 206B · Boulder City, NV(-23) Pilot started helicopter. While engine was running the pilot exited the helicopter to unplug an auxiliary power unit. Pilot moved auxiliary power unit away from the helicopter. As the pilot was walking away from the helicopter, a gust of wind swung the…Nov 11, 2006 · N59571 · Substantial damageIncident 20061109025149IBell 206B · Oak Grove, LA(-23) While repositioning from parking pad to takeoff area, engine failed. Performed hovering autorotation, no damage to aircraft. After blades stopped pilot and passenger exited the aircraft.Nov 9, 2006 · N198HIncident 20060920020779IBell 206B · Hamilton, TX(-23) The pilot was picking up 4 heli-bags on a lanyard. One of the lanyards was about 6 feet longer than the others and the equipment dangled about an additional 6 feet lower. The pilot was unable to see the power line. The longest lanyard struck the power…Sep 20, 2006 · N39MKAccident 20060809018329ABell 206B · Kissimmee, FL(-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ had not done appropriate planning and ran out of fuel.Aug 9, 2006 · N121RH · Substantial damageIncident 20060717018999IBell 206B(-23) Helicopter was forced to land at SS79 until SS80 was cleared. Approach was initiated, aircraft struck a four foot high ventilation stack as the aircraft came to a hover. The pilot landed the aircraft without further incident. There was damage to the…Jul 17, 2006 · N15Q · Minor damageAccident 20060717017069ABell 206B · Pompano Beach, FL(-23) On July 17 2006 a Bell helicopter model 206B, serial number 3456, N515AA departed Pompano Beach airport (kpmp). This was a 14 CFR 91 flight and visual conditions prevailed at the time. The intent of the flight was to practice steep approaches and…Jul 17, 2006 · N515AA · Substantial damageIncident 20060712016349IBell 206B · Santa Paula, CA(-23) Pilot was performing aerial application at location. During routine sweep, aircraft contacted power supply lines to property. Power lines were severed and there was substantial damage to power pole and transformer. Aircraft landed at service landing…Jul 12, 2006 · N7028J · Minor damageAccident 20060630013879ABell 206B · Walford, IA(-23) Aircraft departed a parking area in Walford, Iowa for the purpose of filming a procession of automobiles on a state highway. Witnesses stated that the helicopter made several low passes to the east and to the west at a flight path parallel to the…Jun 30, 2006 · N2877F · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20060628013359ABell 206B · Chino, CA(-23) Pilot was flying eastbound @ highway 91 (near crosspoint: tollroad 241) when he heard a loud bang. He turned north and landed @ five minutes later on a mesa (960 ft) at the state park, Chino hills, Chino, CA. The pilot exited the aircraft and looked…Jun 28, 2006 · N205LA · DestroyedIncident 20060623014429IBell 206B · Patterson, LA(-23) During cruise, pilot experienced engine power loss, executed emergency landing procedure and safely landed in a marsh area with external floats deployed to avoid a/c damage. "Air leak" detected at "P4" line connection to the engine fuel control unit and…Jun 23, 2006 · N239RAIncident 20060502007549IBell 206B · Intracoastalcit, LA(-23) Severe inflight compressor stall, causing yaw action. Pilot completed successful autorotation to the ground.May 2, 2006 · N1078Y · Minor damageAccident 20060501005999ABell 206B · Vinita, OK(-23) On may 01, 2006, at approximately 2000 hrs CST, a Bell 206B, piloted by an appropriately rated private pilot, substantially damaged the helicopter while attempting to autorotate, the aircraft came to a stop inverted. The aircraft was approximately 7…May 1, 2006 · N342WC · Substantial damageAccident 20060407004449ABell 206B · Sprague, WA(-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was flying with two Washington state fish and wildlife people bagging and tagging mule deer in the draws due east of Sprague Washington. He flew around the end of a butte westward in a 50 foot deep draw, a mule deer was…Apr 7, 2006 · N96NW · DestroyedAccident 20060217002839ABell 206B · Manchester, KY(-23) The helicopter was being repositioned from charleston w. VA (crw) to middlesboro KY (1A6) in order to conduct a part 135 flight. Prior to reaching 1A6 the pilot landed due to deteriorating weather (fog). After conferring with company personnel the pilot…Feb 17, 2006 · N36HF · Substantial damageIncident 20051125030009IBell 206B · Evadale, TX(-23) At 400 feet MSL, 4 miles sseof Evadale, Texas, returning to landing zone with 100' external long line and empty basket, pilot felt a loug "bang", noted immediate right yaw and loss of tail rotor authority. Immediately jettisoned line and basket,…Nov 25, 2005 · N499BH · Minor damage
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