Bell 206B II accident near Mountain Home Park, WA
On March 19, 2025, a Bell 206B II (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Mountain Home Park, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 19, 2025
- Place
- Mountain Home Park, WA
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B II · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 46.236°N, 117.935°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250320199881
NTSB summary
On March 19, 2025, at 1228 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 206B II, N23SD, was substantially damaged when it impacted electrical cables and terrain near Mountain Home Park, Washington. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. According to the helicopter operator, the pilot had applied herbicide to a field near Dayton, Washington and was enroute to another area to be sprayed. At 1229, the Columbia County 911 dispatch center received an automated voice call from the pilot’s cell phone indicating it had detected a crash, along with GPS coordinates for the location the crash was detected. When local law enforcement responded to the area, they found the helicopter’s wreckage. The accident site was located within a canyon that was about 1,000 ft deep, about one mile wide, and oriented generally north/south. Three electrical cables crossed the canyon near the accident site, supported by two steel electrical towers that were about 4,200 ft apart. One steel tower was located on the west edge of the canyon, and the other tower was about 500 ft below the east rim of the canyon. The southern cable displayed frayed wires, and the center cable was severed. (Fig. 1) Figure 1: The electrical towers and cables, viewed from the east side of the canyon. The accident site was situated on the east wall of the canyon, with the debris field below and north of the electrical cables. (Fig. 2) The helicopter main wreckage, which consisted of the majority of the fuselage, engine, and main rotor transmis
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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.
