Bell 206B N2261L

Summary

On 22 July 1983 at about 22:30 local time, a Bell 206B registered N2261L, operated by Continental Helicopters Inc., was involved in an accident near Melrose, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1983 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Melrose, Montana, United States

Coordinates

45.6797, -112.6807

Aircraft

Bell 206B

Registration

N2261L

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Continental Helicopters Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA177

Nobody was injured.

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

THE HELICOPTER TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED A FOREST SERVICE SIGN POST DURING LANDING. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE POST WHEN LANDING BUT LANDED NEAR IT FOR CONVENIENCE IN REFUELING. THE LANDING WAS ON A SLOPE AND THE NOSE OF THE ACFT STARTED SLIDING ON THE SLOPE. THE PILOT RAISED THE ACFT BUT THE NOSE CONTINUED TO YAW WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL ROTOR TO HIT THE POST. THE HELICOPTER THEN YAWED AND ROLLED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.