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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Albuquerque, NM · May 18, 1980

Date
May 18, 1980 · 15:30 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59629
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FQA28
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total2,000 in this make and model141 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Lost tail rotor pitch while performing abrupt manuevers. Spiraled to ground, rolled over on impact.

As the FAA filed it

LOST TAIL ROTOR PITCH WHILE PERFORMING ABRUPT MANUEVERS. SPIRALED TO GROUND, ROLLED OVER ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N59629 · 1

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