- Date
- July 3, 2010, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- La Tuna, Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- XC-BAMBell 206
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Bell Helicopter, Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Case key
- 76692
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Dragged wing/rotor/float/otherAll aircraft: 319 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 206 helicopter that occurred on July 03, 2010. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XC-BAM
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (B)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1691
- Engine
- Rolls Royce C250, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa
- Registered owner
- Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,715 total