Bell 206 accident near Nashua, IA
On July 29, 2024, a Bell 206 (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Nashua, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 29, 2024
- Place
- Nashua, IA
- Aircraft
- Bell 206 · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.962°N, 92.491°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240729194796
NTSB summary
On July 29, 2024 about 1330 central standard time, a Bell 206-B3 Helicopter, N94XA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nashua, Iowa. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The operator reported that the pilot was scheduled to spray insecticide and fungicide over local cornfields. Preliminary data retrieved from an onboard GPS aerial application guidance system showed that the helicopter departed from a farm, about 3 statute miles west of Nashua, at 0905, and proceeded to spray several fields south of the accident site. At 1244, the helicopter began a back-and-forth pattern in an east/west direction over a field bisected by a power transmission line. The flight track ceased at 1326:50, about 1,750 feet west of the accident site. The helicopter came to rest inverted in a cornfield about 200 feet southeast of a powerline tower and was oriented on a heading of 280° true. All the major structural components of the helicopter were located at the accident site. The first piece of wreckage found was a section of the main rotor blade afterbody (upper and lower blade skins and sandwiched aluminum honeycomb) located about 10 feet east of the powerlines. Two severed powerline conductors were observed near the wreckage, and an illegible black and white sticker was removed by investigators from the intact west conductor that sustained abrasion damage. The airframe was found fragmented into multiple pieces consistent with impact forces. The nose section of the fuselage was
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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.
