Bell 204 accidents

The NTSB database holds 55 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 204, recorded between 1965 to 2023. 9 of them were fatal (16%), and 21 people died.

The deadliest year was 1966, with 11 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (17 records).

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

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

16%

Share fatal

1965 to 2023

Period

Show these on the map 17 of 55 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 17

1970s 13

1980s 9

1990s 8

2000s 4

2010s 2

2020s 2

Where these happened

United States 37 Asia 9 Canada 2 Austria 2 Africa 1 Australia 1

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 6 Air America, I* 5 ERA Helicopter 2 Air America In 2 Whirl-Wide HEL 2 Air America 2

All 55 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Oct 1966	Bell 204B N1187W	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	11
10 Sep 1988	Bell 204B CFAHY	Entiat, Washington, United States	Vancouver Island Helicopters	Fatal	2
14 Aug 1969	Bell 204-B N8511F	Sam Thong, Asia no coordinates	Air America In	Fatal	2
23 Jul 2010	Bell 204 OE-XBT	Salzburg, Austria no coordinates	Heli Austria GmbH	Fatal	1
24 Sep 2006	Bell 204B C-GSHK	Stony Rapids, Canada	Heli-Lift International Inc.	Fatal	1
2 May 1993	Bell 204B N204AQ	Copper Harbor, Alaska, United States	Chester C. Rasberry	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1990	Bell 204B CGKQH	Keller, Washington, United States	Cazn-Arc Helicopters, Ltd	Fatal	1
25 May 1969	Bell 204-B N1189W	Mukluk, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	Fatal	1
18 Jun 1968	Bell 204B N8511F	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	Air America In	Fatal	1
20 Sep 2023	Bell 204B VH-EQW	Aratula, Australia	-	No injuries	-
29 Jun 2020	Bell 204 JA9383	Hyogo Prefecture, Japan no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
22 Jun 2017	Bell 204 OE-XRK	Alpbach, Austria	-	Unknown	-
13 Dec 2007	Bell 204B OB-1866P	Curaray-Loreto, Peru	Servicios Aereos Los Andes S.A.C.	Serious injuries	-
23 Jun 2005	Bell 204B-1 HL-9136	Yangyang, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	HeliKorea	No injuries	-
17 Aug 2003	Bell 204B C-GEAP	Bonapart Lake, Canada no coordinates	Gemini Helicopters	Unknown	-
6 Jun 1997	Bell 204-B N64F	Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 Apr 1997	Bell 204-B N4580Y	Calderwood, Tennessee, United States	U.s. Forest Svc./State of TN.	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1994	Bell 204B N109CH	Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 May 1994	Bell 204B N911SW	Libby, Montana, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Oct 1993	Bell 204-B N41699	Cedar Crest, New Mexico, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 1992	Bell 204B N204CR	Big Sur, California, United States no coordinates	U.s. Forest Service	Unknown	-
28 Jan 1988	Bell 204B N8514F	Stockton, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Tensaw Helicopters, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 1987	Bell 204B N4580Y	Dubois, Wyoming, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
27 Aug 1985	Bell 204-B N204RH	East Clovis, California, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
11 Jan 1985	Bell 204 N99021	Snelling, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
20 Jul 1984	Bell 204 UH 1B N91307	Tams, West Virginia, United States	Ranger Helicopter Service	No injuries	-
30 Jun 1983	Bell 204B N1WA	Ocotillo, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
18 Jul 1982	Bell 204 N910PD	Delano, California, United States no coordinates	San Joaquin Helicopters	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1981	Bell 204-B N288PH	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Temsco Helicop	Serious injuries	-
1 Jun 1979	Bell 204 N707FW	Cherry Valley, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	L P Denevan	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1977	Bell 204A N707FW	Vanndale, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1976	Bell 204-B N1308X	Masontown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Penn Line Serv	Serious injuries	-
17 Jun 1976	Bell 204B N8513F	Ozark, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Sep 1973	Bell 204B N8535F	Ramasun, Asia no coordinates	Air America	No injuries	-
30 Mar 1973	Bell 204B N1196W	Ban Na, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	Serious injuries	-
26 Sep 1972	Bell 204B N8513F	Lat Khai, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	Minor injuries	-
24 Jul 1972	Bell 204 N1304X	Can Tho, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
25 May 1972	Bell 204B N8535F	Bouam Long, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	Minor injuries	-
19 Apr 1972	Bell 204-B N600	New Paltz, New York, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Feb 1972	Bell 204B N8513F	Vientiane, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1971	Bell 204B N7937S	Dillon, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Heli-Lift, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Jul 1971	Bell 204B N1191W	Heber, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Whirl-Wide HEL	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1969	Bell 204-B N1191W	Barrow, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Helicop	No injuries	-
13 Mar 1969	Bell 204-B N1304X	Ben Hoa, Asia no coordinates	Air America	Serious injuries	-
4 Apr 1968	Bell 204-B N1189W	Kenai, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	No injuries	-
10 Jan 1968	Bell 204-B N8540F	Galveston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
3 Nov 1967	Bell 204-B N7937S	Evergreen, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Pease Hamilton	No injuries	-
16 Oct 1967	Bell 204-B N7904S	Calabasas, California, United States no coordinates	Los Angeles Co	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1967	Bell 204-B N288PH	Seldovia, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Kenai Air Serv	Serious injuries	-
15 Jul 1967	Bell 204-B N7931S	Laplace, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-