# Accident 19800701023219A: Skrsky S58BT, Bangor, ME, July 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8012° N, 68.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bangor, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8012&lon=-68.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SKRSKY S58BT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,258 total, 1,574 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNC31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800701023219A

## Narrative

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

ROTOR BLADES STRUCK CORNER OF HANGAR WHILE TAXIING TO PARK. FLYING DEBRIS STRUCK LINEMAN SIGNALING AIRCRAFT TO PARK

## 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 NYC80FNC31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC31), Jul 1, 1980: Sikorsky S-58T (N870), Bangor, ME, 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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