# NTSB investigations: Bell 206B: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA23LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA269.md): Bell 206B · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 5, 2023 · N27UK · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA22LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA337.md): Bell 206B · Pelion, SC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 18, 2022 · N515TV · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare during a practice autorotation.
- [NTSB ERA21LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA275.md): Bell 206 · Rome, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jun 29, 2021 · N134VG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper termination of a practice autorotation with power recovery, which resulted in low rotor rpm, an unstable landing, and a rollover. Contributing to the accident was the evaluator's inadequate oversight.
- [NTSB GAA17CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA218.md): Bell 206 · La Verne, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 6, 2017 · N206SA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s early increased application of the collective during a simulated hovering autorotation, which resulted in a loss of rotor rpm and subsequent main rotor blade strike of the tailboom.
- [NTSB ERA15LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA060.md): Bell 206B · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 2014 · N418SV · Substantial damage
  > A hard landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
- [NTSB CEN12LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA141.md): Bell 206B · Irving, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 2012 · N555NB · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate fuel planning.
- [NTSB WPR11CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA243.md): Bell 206B3 · Glendale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 27, 2011 · N59383 · Substantial damage
  > The certified flight instructor's failure to maintain adequate main rotor RPM during the autorotation.
- [NTSB WPR11CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA101.md): Bell 206B3 · Three Forks, MT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 15, 2011 · N78BR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate use of throttle during the practice autorotation that resulted in a hard landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181511')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '092'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/cases?model=1181511

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