# Accident 19790908027159A: Bell 206B, Lagrange, TX, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lagrange, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9126° N, 96.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9126&lon=-96.8763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N280C-1988-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 130 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908027159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING LOW DOWN A RIVER. HIT A WIRE.

## 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 FTW79DA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DA105), Sep 8, 1979: Bell 206B (N280C), Lagrange, TX, 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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