# Accident 19780818030239A: Bell 206B, Holtville, CA, August 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1978
- Place: Holtville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.8138° N, 115.3783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holtville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8138&lon=-115.3783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16733, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16733-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,500 total, 1,790 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780818030239A

## Narrative

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

FOREIGN MATTER ON PG ORIFICE & PT LEVER FACE.

## 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 LAX78FUM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM34), Aug 18, 1978: Bell 206B (N16733), Holtville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N16733 (2)

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

- [Accident 19890405042679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890405042679A), Apr 5, 1989: Bell 206B (N16733), Park City, UT, Substantial damage. Encountered uncontrollable downdraft on takeoff over mountain downsloped during translational lift. Settled in trees
- [Accident 19890108001319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890108001319A), Jan 8, 1989: Bell 206B (N16733), Park City, UT, Substantial damage. Landed on upslope snow. Slid backwards on skids,tail rotor hit snow,picked up settled into snow, broke drive shaft.

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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