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
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1,025 of 1,732 have coordinates
By decade
Where these happened
All 1,732 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 1997 | Bell 206B | Hilo, Hawaii, United States | Tetsuro E. Sugiyama | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Aug 1996 | Bell 206B III | Barton, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jul 1996 | Bell 206B | Warren, Idaho, United States | Helicopter Support Services | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Feb 1996 | Bell 206B-III | Pellston, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Sep 1995 | Bell 206L-1 | Irvine, California, United States | Helistream Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jul 1995 | Bell 206-L3 | Borger, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 May 1995 | Bell 206L-3 | Venice, Louisiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Apr 1995 | Bell 206L-1 | Flower Mound, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jul 1994 | Bell 206B III | Syracuse, Utah, United States | Helicopter Services of Utah | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jan 1994 | Bell 206B | Coolidge Dam, Arizona, United States | Southwest Helicopters, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Oct 1993 | Bell 206B | W. Cameron 240 | Seahawk Services, Ltd. | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Jul 1992 | Bell 206B | Twin Peaks, California, United States | Farrell, Richard L. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jun 1992 | Bell 206B | Bessemer, Alabama, United States | Chem-Air Inc., | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Nov 1991 | Bell 206B | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Classic Helicopter Service | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jul 1991 | Bell 206L-1 | Lake Alpine, California, United States | Rogers Helicopters Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jul 1991 | Bell 206B | Toutle, Washington, United States | Intermountain Air Service | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Mar 1991 | Bell 206B II | High Island, Texas, United States | DME Helicopters, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jul 1990 | Bell 206B | San Antonio, Texas, United States | Biscayne Helicopter, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 May 1990 | Bell 206B | Carmel Valley, California, United States | Hendricks, Sidney J. | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Feb 1990 | Bell 206L | New York City, New York, United States | Island Helicopter | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 May 1989 | Bell 206B | Camp Verde, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jan 1989 | Bell 206L-3 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Orange County Sheriff Office | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Dec 1988 | Bell 206L-1 | Oakland, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 May 1988 | Bell 206B | Long Island Cty, New York, United States | Island Helicopters | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Apr 1987 | Bell 206B | Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, United States | Hilo Bay Air, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Mar 1987 | Bell 206B | Kona, Hawaii, United States | Kona Helicopters, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Mar 1987 | Bell 206B-3 | Valdez, Alaska, United States | Alyeska Pipeline | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Oct 1986 | Bell 206B | Brattleboro, Vermont, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Jul 1986 | Bell 206B | Pacific Ocean | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Feb 1986 | Bell 206B | Young, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Dec 1985 | Bell 206-L3 | Monument Valley, Utah, United States | Air Method | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Dec 1985 | Bell 206L-1 | San Pedro, California, United States | Helitrans, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Nov 1985 | Bell 206L-1 | Mansfield, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Sep 1985 | Bell 206B | Chalkhill, Pennsylvania, United States | Northwest Helicopter | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Sep 1985 | Bell 206B | Emmett, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Mar 1985 | Bell 206B | Whittier, Alaska, United States | Michael Pariser | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jan 1985 | Bell 206BIII | Kenai, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Aug 1984 | Bell 206L-1 | Medford, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Feb 1984 | Bell 206B-III | Coalville, Utah, United States | Wiebe Gortmaker | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jan 1984 | Bell 206B | Stuart, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Oct 1983 | Bell 206B III | Hudson, New Hampshire, United States | E.w. Wiggins Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Apr 1983 | Bell 206L-1 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Key Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Mar 1983 | Bell 206 B III | Salinas, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1983 | Bell 206B | Cordova, Alaska, United States | Petie Cook Chisum | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jan 1983 | Bell 206B III | Sula, Montana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Nov 1982 | Bell 206B | Buccaneer Oil F | Air Logistics | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Sep 1982 | Bell 206B | Billings, Montana, United States | Rocky Mountain Helicopters | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Sep 1982 | Bell 206B | Dublin, Ohio, United States | American Electric Power | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Mar 1982 | Bell 206 | Austin, Texas, United States | Charles Kallestad | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Feb 1982 | Bell 206B | Watrous, New Mexico, United States | Doolittle Enterprises Inc. | Fatal | 1 |