- Date
- May 30, 1989, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lewiston, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2756YBell 206B III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890530013299A
- Case key
- 41020
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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
During cruise flight, the pilot reported that the engine lost power. A forced landing was intiated on sloping terrain. The helicopter collided with the terrain and rolled over. The wreckage was removed for inspection. An engine test run was performed with no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2756Y
- Reported as
- Bell 206B III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2710
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Jerry Wilson, doing business as Hillcrest Aircraft Co., Inc
- Registered owner
- Gerald Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
- Destination
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,336 total · 2,957 in this make and model · 4,607 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.