# Accident 19740625042339A: Bell 206A, Blairsville, GA, June 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1974
- Place: Blairsville, GA
- Airport: Blairsville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 34.8544° N, 83.9973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLAIRSVILLE (DZJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8544&lon=-83.9973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7881S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7881S-2005-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,427 total, 73 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DKG90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKG90) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740625042339A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DRIFTED R AFTER T/D.HINGED SIGN STRUCK BY M/R BLADES.

## 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 MIA75DKG90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKG90), Jun 25, 1974: Bell 206A (N7881S), Blairsville, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7881S (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940625016919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940625016919A), Jun 25, 1994: Bell 206A (N7881S), Rocky Mountain, CO, Substantial damage. (.19) On June 25, 1994, at 2049 Mountain daylight time, a Bell 206A helicopter, N7881S, sustained substantial damage during an attempt to land at 11,800 feet…
- [Accident 19810316010199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810316010199A), Mar 16, 1981: Bell 206A (N7881S), Evanston, WY, Substantial damage. Air intake clogged while flying in heavy snow at low altitide. Hard landing. Not equipped with snow deflector kit.
- [Accident 19731202039409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731202039409A), Dec 2, 1973: Bell 206A (N7881S), North Platte, NE, Substantial damage. Practice hover,when decreasing rotor RPM discovered apld full pwr acft turned 180 deg. Skids failed

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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