# Accident 19800504022759A: Bell 206A, Supai, AZ, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Supai, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2299° N, 112.6926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Supai, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2299&lon=-112.6926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74PR-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,948 total, 849 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUJ65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504022759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT CONTROLS AFTER LANDING. HELICOPTER BEGAN ROTATING, FATALLY INJURING NEARBY PERSON.

## 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 LAX80FUJ65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ65), May 4, 1980: Bell 206B (N74PR), Supai, AZ, 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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