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
29 Feb 1980	Bell 206B N5015Y	Kissimmee, Florida, United States no coordinates	Coral Helicopt	Fatal	2
14 Jul 1979	Bell 206B N1443W	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Keystone Helic	Fatal	2
12 Nov 1978	Bell 206B N49755	Sabine Pass, Texas, United States no coordinates	Houston HEL In	Fatal	2
16 Apr 1978	Bell 206B N49757	Lonely, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Sea Airmotive	Fatal	2
10 Oct 1977	Bell 206B N157AL	Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	Fatal	2
1 Aug 1977	Bell 206B N4TV	Encino, California, United States no coordinates	Knbc News	Fatal	2
22 Jun 1976	Bell 206B N7941S	Bishop, California, United States no coordinates	Hanson Aviatio	Fatal	2
3 May 1975	Bell 206B N8130J	Mount Pinson, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Berry Coal COM	Fatal	2
28 Apr 1975	Bell 206 N59521	Deadhorse, Alaska, United States no coordinates	GAY Airways	Fatal	2
25 Mar 1975	Bell 206B N83176	Shelton, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	APA Truck Leas	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1973	Bell 206A N6294N	Beltsville, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Md.state Polic	Fatal	2
25 Aug 1973	Bell 206B N165FD	San Andreas, California, United States no coordinates	Rogers Helicop	Fatal	2
20 Mar 1973	Bell 206B N36AL	Patterson, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics,	Fatal	2
28 Oct 1972	Bell 206A N4069G	Graysonville, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Maryland State	Fatal	2
7 Oct 1972	Bell 206A N6260N	Whitehaven, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Copter, Inc.	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1972	Bell 206B N1457W	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	2
1 Mar 1970	Bell 206A N7867S	Floral Park, New York, United States no coordinates	New York City	Fatal	2
29 Jul 1969	Bell 206A N4057G	Grnd Canyon, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Halvorson-Lent	Fatal	2
30 Apr 1969	Bell 206A N1430W	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	Sea World Inc	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1969	Bell 206A N4720R	Clintwood, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Penn-Virginia	Fatal	2
12 Jun 2026	Bell 206 I-CHOP	Lesa, Italy no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jul 2025	Bell 206L-1 N2611	Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States	Joe Brigham Inc.	Fatal	1
6 Jul 2025	Bell 206 C-GKVX	Condor, Canada	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 2025	Bell 206B II N23SD	Mountain Home Park, Washington, United States	North Wind Aviation LLC	Fatal	1
5 Feb 2025	Bell 206 ZS-RAC	Polokwane Civil Aerodrome, South Africa no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Sep 2024	Bell 206B N306FW	King Salmon, Alaska, United States	Egli Air Haul Inc	Fatal	1
29 Jul 2024	Bell 206 N94XA	Nashua, Iowa, United States	Xtreme Aviation LLC	Fatal	1
26 Apr 2024	Bell 206-L4 N988B	Anaconda, Montana, United States	Heli Works Flight Services LLC	Fatal	1
6 Jan 2024	Bell 206 N617TT	Revelstoke BC, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Jul 2023	Bell 206B N231RL	Denison, Iowa, United States	NOR WES Inc	Fatal	1
29 Jul 2023	Bell 206-L4 N652HA	Springfield, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Oct 2022	Bell 206 VH-PHP	Maitland, Australia	-	Fatal	1
9 Jul 2022	Bell 206 VH-ZMF	Richmond, Australia	-	Fatal	1
28 Nov 2021	Bell 206 N59600	Perry, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	1
26 Oct 2021	Bell 206 V5-HOC	Eswatini, South Africa no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Jan 2021	Bell 206 ZS-HUC	Wolseley, South Africa	-	Fatal	1
11 Dec 2020	Bell 206 PP-MSA	Mambucaba, Brazil	-	Fatal	1
24 Mar 2020	Bell 206 CC-ARR	Chicureo, Chile	-	Fatal	1
23 Mar 2020	Bell 206 RA-01917	Konstantinovsky Cape, Russia no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Oct 2019	Bell 206 N167AG	New Salem, North Carolina, United States	Vertical Flight Technologies	Fatal	1
24 Sep 2019	Bell 206 C-GEBY	Campbell River, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jan 2019	Bell 206 N8227J	Ashland, Oregon, United States	Erickson Helicopters Inc	Fatal	1
30 Jun 2018	Bell 206 N10CV	Rio Grande, United States	-	Fatal	1
9 May 2018	Bell 206 PT-HKY	Barra da Tijuca, Brazil	Mapa Empreend. E Participacoes Ltda	Fatal	1
16 Sep 2017	Bell 206L 3 N213TV	Ancho, New Mexico, United States	WQRE News 13	Fatal	1
5 Jul 2017	Bell 206 RA-01625	Republic of Buryatia, Russia	-	Fatal	1
15 Mar 2017	Bell 206 F-GPPH	Figeac, France no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Feb 2017	Bell 206B N978RH	Galveston, Texas, United States	Republic Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	1
5 Sep 2016	Bell 206B C-GHHU	Fox Creek, Canada	Ridge Rotors Inc.	Fatal	1
4 Jun 2016	Bell 206 PK-UAF	Siriwo, Indonesia	-	Fatal	1