# Accident 19781202041619A: Bell UHIBWILCO, Morgan City, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Morgan City
- Airport: Ship Shoal Blk149
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Aircraft: N16982 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL UHIBWILCO
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,352 total, 1,549 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202041619A

## 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 FTW79DA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA021), Dec 2, 1978: Bell 212 (N16982), Morgan City, LA, substantial 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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