# NTSB Accident WPR19LA071
> **Bell 206** · 2019-01-23 · Ashland, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR19LA071
- **Event ID:** 20190125X53328
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2019-01-23
- **Location:** Ashland, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.066665, -122.596389
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206
- **Registration:** N8227J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and spatial disorientation leading to a loss of control.

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