# Accident 19800311005659A: Bell 206L, Pikeville, KY, March 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pikeville, KY
- Airport: Pike Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4769° N, 82.5288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pikeville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4769&lon=-82.5288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2780Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2780Y-1992-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,381 total, 137 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FLQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800311005659A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES ON TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM A PARKING LOT. HELICOPTER CRASHED IN TREES.

## 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 IAD80FLQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ15), Mar 11, 1980: Bell 206L (N2780Y), Pikeville, KY, destroyed

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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