- Date
- October 15, 2026, 20:51 local (Oct 16, 2026, 00:51 UTC)
- Place
- Myakka City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N618TSBell 407
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Case key
- 204012
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
- N618TS
- Reported as
- Bell 407 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Flight
- Aerial application · Public use
- Operator
- Manatee County Mosquito Control District
- Registered owner
- Manatee County Mosquito Control District
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) · Night
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Observed at
- 17 nm away