# NTSB Accident LAX06LA161
> **Bell 206B3** · 2006-05-04 · Fallbrook, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06LA161
- **Event ID:** 20060510X00546
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-05-04
- **Location:** Fallbrook, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.433334, -117.25
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206B3
- **Registration:** N2763R
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the engine to transmission drive shaft forward coupling due to overheating from lack of lubrication.  The cause of the lack of lubrication was a result of improper maintenance. A factor was the trees.

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