# Incident 19791108055089I: Bell 206BELL, Mercer Island, WA, November 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mercer Island, WA
- Airport: Renton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5013N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791108055089I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DAMAGED BOTH CHIN BUBBLES ON HELICOPTER IN ATTEMPTED IFR LANDING, THEN PROCEEDED TO A VFR AREA TO LAND.

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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