# Accident 19730728025999A: Bell 206A, Dhahran, July 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1973
- Place: Dhahran
- Airport: Dhahran
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Aircraft: N8162J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8162J-1983-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,974 total, 794 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK73X0118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK73X0118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730728025999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB UNK73X0118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK73X0118), Jul 28, 1973: Bell 206 (N8162J), Dhahran (Gulf of Mexico), substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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