# NTSB Accident ERA22FA279
> **BELL UH-1B** · 2022-06-22 · Amherstdale, WV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA22FA279
- **Event ID:** 20220623105306
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-06-22
- **Location:** Amherstdale, WV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.874614, -81.833039
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 6
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL
- **Model:** UH-1B
- **Registration:** N98F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the operator’s failure to adequately inspect the former military turbine powered helicopter, which allowed an engine issue to progress and result in a loss of engine power and a subsequent loss of control after the helicopter struck powerlines during a forced landing. Also causal to the accident were the following:  1) the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) inadequate inspection and maintenance standards for former military turbine powered aircraft operating with an experimental exhibition airworthiness certificate; 2) the operator’s use of those standards instead of more rigorous standards, which were readily available to the operator and previously used to inspect and maintain the helicopter; and 3) the FAA’s inadequate oversight of the operator, which did not detect the inherent risk associated with the operation.

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