# Accident 19790818026789A: Bell 206B, Houston, TX, August 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7111J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7111J-2014-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,228 total, 745 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790818026789A

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK POWERLINE WHILE PILOT WAS HOVER TURNING UNDER SAME PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## 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 FTW79DRA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA37), Aug 18, 1979: Bell 206B (N7111J), Houston, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7111J (1)

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

- [Accident 19840917049459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917049459A), Sep 17, 1984: Bell 206A (N7111J), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power during landing, hard landing caused tail rotor damage. Found number one turbine disc 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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