# Accident 19780711016629A: Bell 206B1, Salyersville, KY, July 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1978
- Place: Salyersville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 37.7419° N, 83.0636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salyersville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7419&lon=-83.0636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55EA-1990-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,945 total, 194 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FLQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FLQ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711016629A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78FLQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FLQ23), Jul 11, 1978: Bell 206B (N55EA), Salyersville, KY, minor 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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