# Incident 19800128019839I: Bell 206L, Salt Lake City, UT, January 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1980, 11:20 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KTIA
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N110LG-1988-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 3,300 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/19800128019839I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT CAUSED BY DISCONNECTED MAIN TRANSMISSION OIL LINE. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.

## Other reports on N110LG (3)

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

- [Accident 19851220065159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220065159A), Dec 20, 1985: Bell 206L (N110LG), Ainsworth, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck ground at night after encountering freezing drizzle en route to pick up a patient. Ice on rotors possible.
- [Incident 19800104012049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800104012049I), Jan 4, 1980: Bell 206L (N110LG), Ogden, UT. Oil leaking into cabin air conditioning caused smoke. Broken cooling turbine. Airesearch pn 5719351 was replaced.
- [Incident 19791022054799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791022054799I), Oct 22, 1979: Bell 206L (N110LG), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. Helicopter got too close to hospital entrance. Struck building with the tail rotor.

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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