Bell 206B accident near Warren, ID
On July 24, 1996, a Bell 206B (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Warren, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 24, 1996
- Place
- Warren, ID
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.290°N, 115.591°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06380
NTSB summary
On July 24, 1996, about 1415 mountain daylight time, N750LT, a Bell 206B helicopter, operated by Helicopter Support Services, Inc., Cascade, Idaho, rolled over during takeoff and was destroyed near Warren, Idaho. The commercial pilot and a passenger received minor injuries. The other passenger was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was illegally conducted under 14 CFR 135. On the day of the accident, the accident pilot made several flights to provide transportation into and out of remote logging sites. The purpose of the accident flight was to transport two timber fallers out of a cleared logging site. According to the pilot, the pilot was shown where the site was located as he flew over it while transporting a load of timber fallers to another site earlier on the day of the accident. According to written statements (attached) submitted by the surviving passenger, he and the other passenger had located a landing zone and constructed the "heliport" in a section of forest land that they were tasked to survey. The heliport was constructed by falling a tree, cutting a "rip" from the tree, and placing the rip parallel and in front of the felled tree. Its purpose was to create "a nearly flat landing for the [helicopter]." The surviving passenger stated that the fatally injured passenger had performed the majority of the helipad construction, because the surviving passenger surveyed the area for other potential landing sites. According to the surviving passenger: "Together we moved the top Rip into position and
Probable cause
the pilot's improper remedial action after helicopter's right skid became snagged by a log that was used in the construction of a temporary landing site. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, inadequate construction of the landing site by ground personnel, and the ground personnel's lack of training regarding the construction of a temporary lan
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
