- Date
- February 23, 1986, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Baldy, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16800Bell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860223004909A
- Case key
- 40360
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
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot allowed the aircraft to enter into instrument meteorological conditions. The artificial horizon was inoperative as well as the turn portion of the turn and bank. A tree was struck with the aircraft then striking the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16800
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2214
- Airframe hours
- 3,204
- Engine
- Allison 250-C2OB, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Reeders Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 15, 1985 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- Mount Baldy, ID
- Destination
- Hailey, ID
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,810 total · 4,700 in this make and model · 8,550 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 305° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.