Bell 206B N206DB
5 July 1974 · Reno, Nevada, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 July 1974 at about 05:45 local time, a Bell 206B registered N206DB, operated by Lear Avia Corp, was involved in an accident during in flight near Reno, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 05:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Reno, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N206DB
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Lear Avia Corp
- Operating rule
- Contract Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Charter Cargo-Domestic
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Z
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2155
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
SLING LOAD OPERATION WITH HIGH DOWNSLOPE WIND COND.DA ABT 10500FT.VERT TKOF, TURNED R FOR EAST DEP.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 25 Jun 1974 | Bell 206A | Blairsville, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 1974 | Aeronca 7BCM | Arboles, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 1974 | Piper PA-18 | Joliet, Illinois, United States | Joliet Municip | No injuries | - |
| 23 Feb 1974 | Cessna 172 | Ely, Minnesota, United States | Wilderness WIN | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1974 | Bell 47G-2 | Seward, Alaska, United States | Heli-Lift, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 May 1974 | Sikorsky S55B | Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States | Rotorlift Inc | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1974 | Cessna 206 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |