# NTSB investigations: Bell Helicopter Textron 206B

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 ERA23LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA295.md): Bell Helicopter Textron 206B · Sandersville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 25, 2023 · N919AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance of trees during landing, which resulted in a tail rotor contact with tree limbs and a subsequent loss of control.
- [NTSB CEN22LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA351.md): Bell Helicopter Textron 206B · Arcadia, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 1, 2022 · N169AA · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly torque a fuel control unit B-nut, which resulted in a loss of engine power at low altitude and an impact with terrain.
- [NTSB ERA22LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA192.md): Bell Helicopter Textron 206B · Cedar Key, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 18, 2022 · N919AC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper fuel planning during agricultural spraying operations, which resulted in fuel starvation, a loss of engine power, and a hard landing following an autorotation.
- [NTSB CEN19LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA269.md): Bell 206 · Blair, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 16, 2019 · N106PD · Substantial damage
  > The loss of main rotor rpm for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN13LA487](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA487.md): Bell 206B · Albers, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 2013 · N804LA · Substantial damage
  > Fuel contamination, which resulted in the loss of engine power.
- [NTSB DEN77DTC09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTC09.md): Bell 206B · Laramie, WY · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Apr 5, 1977 · N217RM · Substantial damage

## 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 ('1181518'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181518

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