# Accident 19790907025599A: Bell 206BELL, Rotunda, FL, September 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1979, 11:03 local time
- Place: Rotunda, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N500GH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,003 total, 120 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD94) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907025599A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINES ON TAKEOFF. DEFICIENT PREFLIGHT PLANNING.

## 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 MIA79FLD94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD94), Sep 7, 1979: Bell 206B (N500GH), Rotonda, FL, 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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