# NTSB Accident ERA13FA273
> **BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1** · 2013-06-07 · Manchester, KY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13FA273
- **Event ID:** 20130607X04715
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-06-07
- **Location:** Manchester, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.132778, -83.756385
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON
- **Model:** 206L-1
- **Registration:** N114AE
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s loss of helicopter control due to spatial disorientation when he inadvertently encountered night, instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the in-flight separation of the main rotor and tailboom.

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