- Date
- November 7, 2026, 09:19 local (16:19 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, CO · Open field on private property
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N420RLBell 206
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Dynamic rollover
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Salt Lake City FSDO
- Case key
- 204151
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420RL
- Reported as
- Bell 206 (L4)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 52303
- Built
- 2004
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blue Sky Leasing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- None · Delta, CO
- Destination
- None · Delta, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.37 inHg
- Observed at
- KAJZ, 6 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KAJZ 071615Z AUTO 11003KT CLR 05/01 A3037 RMK AO2 T00540010 PWINO