Aviation accident WPR22LA236

Name: aviation accident: BELL 206B near Merced (2022-06-24)
Start: 2022-06-24
Location: Merced, CA, USA

NONE · BELL 206B · 2022-06-24 · Merced, CA, USA

Event

NTSB number: WPR22LA236
Event ID: 20220628105378
Type: Accident
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Merced, CA, USA
Coordinates: 37.286657, -120.59379

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: BELL
Model: 206B
Registration: N915B
FAR Part: 137
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The in-flight failure of the engine-to-transmission drive shaft due to a fatigue fracture of one of the KAflex flex frames caused by a loose bolt, which resulted in a total loss of power to the transmission and a subsequent hard landing.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown