- Date
- October 29, 2026, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Defining events
- Unknown: Midair collisionUnknown: Midair collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 204089
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.
N501HL · Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
N704RH · Airbus Helicopters AS350B3
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N501HL
- Reported as
- Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aarow Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Registered owner
- Aarow Aircraft Leasing LLC
N501HLRegistered now · Robinson Helicopter R22 BETAAirframe modelRobinson Helicopter R22 BETAEngine modelLycoming O-320-B2C
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.
- Registration
- N704RH
- Reported as
- Airbus Helicopters AS350B3
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Valiair Lc Trustee
- Registered owner
- Valiair Lc Trustee
N704RHRegistered now · Airbus Helicopters AS350B3Airframe modelAirbus Helicopters AS350B3Engine modelSafran ARRIEL-2D
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
- 310° at 5 knots
- Observed at
- 1 nm away