# NTSB Accident CEN23LA385
> **BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206** · 2023-08-27 · Hibbing, MN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN23LA385
- **Event ID:** 20230829192954
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-08-27
- **Location:** Hibbing, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.426218, -92.826765
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
- **Model:** 206
- **Registration:** N19BH
- **FAR Part:** 133
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The ground crew’s failure to secure the backpack at the landing zone (LZ), that resulted in the tail rotor impacting the backpack during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate selection of an area at the LZ, the lack of awareness of the backpack at the LZ, and the absence of communication between the pilot and the ground crew during the landing.

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