Bell 206 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,732 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 206, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 397 of them were fatal (23%), and 810 people died.

The deadliest year was 1986, with 30 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (209 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Colombia.

707 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,732

Records

397

Fatal

810

Deaths

23%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 1,025 of 1,732 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 39

1970s 266

1980s 464

1990s 302

2000s 286

2010s 235

2020s 140

Where these happened

United States 1,468 Canada 20 Colombia 17 Brazil 17 Australia 14 Guatemala 13

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 53 Air Logistics, 24 Air Evac EMS, Inc. 20 ERA Helicopter 17 Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. 11 US Forest Service 9

All 1,732 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Dec 1986	Bell 206L-1 N7EC	Pendleton, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	3
23 May 1986	Bell 206B N2776V	Noman's Land, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
21 Jan 1986	Bell 206B N1498W	Ellendale, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	3
21 Dec 1985	Bell 206L N110LG	Ainsworth, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	3
21 Jan 1985	Bell 206 L-1 N40TE	Carson, New Mexico, United States	EMS	Fatal	3
10 Oct 1984	Bell 206B N3U	Riverside, California, United States	UCO Air	Fatal	3
16 Jun 1983	Bell 206B III N5010U	Eugene Isl.blk no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
23 Dec 1982	Bell 206B N206H	San Antonio, Texas, United States	Burts, Edwin M.	Fatal	3
18 Oct 1982	Bell 206B N55AL	Gulf of Mexico no coordinates	Air Logistics	Fatal	3
27 May 1982	Bell 206B N9986K	Oakwood, Virginia, United States	Robert A. Wood	Fatal	3
13 Nov 1980	Bell 206B N90015	Liberty, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Triple S	Fatal	3
30 Aug 1980	Bell 206A/B N8030	Red Lodge, Montana, United States no coordinates	Blain Helicopt	Fatal	3
5 Jan 1978	Bell 206L N200BA	Courtney, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Luzerne Coal C	Fatal	3
20 Aug 1977	Bell 206-B N59382	Deadhorse, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Kenai Air Serv	Fatal	3
5 Jul 1976	Bell 206B N600SW	Carson City, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Arizona Helico	Fatal	3
8 Mar 1975	Bell 206B N370AF	Wise, Virginia, United States no coordinates	TOM V Mining C	Fatal	3
21 Jul 1971	Bell 206 N7893S	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Anchorage Heli	Fatal	3
13 Dec 2025	Bell 206 ZK-IWZ	Ranana, New Zealand no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 Jul 2024	Bell 206 TG-MIC	Escuintia, Guatemala no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Oct 2023	Bell 206 T7-HZM	Bondeno, Italy	-	Fatal	2
23 Aug 2022	Bell 206B N770HP	Whiteside, Tennessee, United States	Tennessee Dept of Safety	Fatal	2
12 Jul 2022	Bell 206 PT-HQU	Boa Vista, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Apr 2022	Bell 206 VH-PRW	Adaminaby, Australia	-	Fatal	2
30 Dec 2021	Bell 206B N8AU	Livingston, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Feb 2021	Bell 206B F-HUBA	Courchevel, France no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Jun 2020	Bell 206 ZT-RHC	Gauteng, South Africa	-	Fatal	2
21 May 2019	Bell 206 N9956K	La Vega, Dominican Republic	Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee	Fatal	2
16 Apr 2019	Bell 206 N61PH	Fort McDowell, Arizona, United States	Van Horn Aviation	Fatal	2
4 Sep 2016	Bell 206B C-GVJT	Flatlands, Canada	9288-1523 Québec Inc	Fatal	2
12 Dec 2015	Bell 206 LV-VFD	Mendoza Province, Argentina	Helisol SA	Fatal	2
22 Nov 2015	Bell 206 B31127	New Taipei City, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 2015	Bell 206 L-1 N50KH	Saucier, Mississippi, United States	T and M Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
1 Jan 2015	Bell 206 N57AW	Benson, Arizona, United States	N57AW LLC	Fatal	2
11 Jun 2014	Bell 206 L4 N207MY	South Timbalier Platform, United States	Westwind Helicopter LLC	Fatal	2
29 May 2013	Bell 206B C-FZWB	Fort McMurray, Canada	Aurora Helicopters Ltd.	Fatal	2
21 Jan 2013	Bell 206B PR-JBN	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Helimarte Taxi Aereo LTDA.	Fatal	2
4 Oct 2011	Bell 206B N63Q	New York, New York, United States	Dudley Paul P	Fatal	2
8 Jul 2011	Bell 206-L4 TG-MUK	Tecpan, Guatemala no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 May 2011	Bell 206L-3 HK4448	Norte de Santander, Colombia	Aviheco S.A.	Fatal	2
8 Apr 2011	Bell 206B PT-YMJ	Santo Andre City, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
13 Oct 2008	Bell 206 N6ZV	Conroe, Texas, United States	Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	2
8 Feb 2008	Bell 206B OE-XRH	Totes Gebirge, Austria	Aerial Helecopter Leopold Reidinger	Fatal	2
11 Sep 2007	Bell 206B N261BH	Nokomis, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southland Helicopters	Fatal	2
5 Jun 2007	Bell 206L-3 HK4400	Simiti, Bolivar, Colombia	Aviheco SA	Fatal	2
21 Apr 2007	Bell 206 HP1602HFN	Changuinola, Panama	Heliflight of Panama S.A.	Fatal	2
14 Mar 2006	Bell 206L-1 N370RL	Patterson, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Dec 2005	Bell 206B G-WLLY	Coupar Angus, United Kingdom no coordinates	Total Air Management Services	Fatal	2
2 Nov 2005	Bell 206 XA-LUM	El Marques, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Aug 2005	Bell 206B N167H	Gulf of Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Jun 2004	Bell 206B N27TV	Cushing, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2