# Accident 19780612017859A: Bell 206L, Lihue,Kauai, HI, June 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1978
- Place: Lihue,Kauai, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 21.9722° N, 159.3560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lihue, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9722&lon=-159.3560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N176KH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N176KH-1979-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,346 total, 60 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FJA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FJA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780612017859A

## Narrative

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

PAX INADVERTENTLY DEPRESSED ANTI-TORQUE PEDAL.PAX NOT BRIEFED TO FEET AWAY FRM PEDALS.

## 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 OAK78FJA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FJA09), Jun 12, 1978: Bell 206L (N176KH), Lihue Kauai, HI, destroyed

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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