# Accident 19730825028649A: Bell 206A, San Andreas, CA, August 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1973
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Airport: San Andreas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 38.1927° N, 120.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Andreas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1927&lon=-120.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165FD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825028649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK WIRE.

## 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 OAK74AP007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP007), Aug 25, 1973: Bell 206B (N165FD), San Andreas, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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