19791002040689A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Pembroke Pines, FL · October 2, 1979

Date
October 2, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
Pembroke Pines, FL
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N27598
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FKT01
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,040 total725 in this make and model175 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tried to land on a levee. Rotor hit side of levee. Helicopter tumbled into a canal.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO LAND ON A LEVEE. ROTOR HIT SIDE OF LEVEE. HELICOPTER TUMBLED INTO A CANAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.