# NTSB GAA26WA223: Bell 206, Lesa, Italy, June 12, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 12, 2026
- Place: Lesa, Italy
- Coordinates: 45.814167, 8.556111
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8142&lon=8.5561&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-110
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203222
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203222/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA223

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-CHOP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 2523
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at: LIMC, 13 nm away
- METAR: METAR LIMC 120950Z VRB03KT CAVOK 24/10 Q1023 NOSIG

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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