# NTSB Accident SEA98LA013
> **Bell 206B** · 1997-11-08 · FOREST GROVE, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA98LA013
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09245
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-11-08
- **Location:** FOREST GROVE, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.550525, -123.150299
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206B
- **Registration:** N101LF
- **FAR Part:** 133
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Excessive deceleration of the helicopter by the pilot-in-command, resulting in an in-flight main rotor blade strike on the helicopter's external load line and subsequent main rotor separation.  Downhill terrain which led to a descending approach to the pickup point was a factor.

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