# Accident 19801025058539A: Bell 206B, Kokomo, IN, October 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1980, 13:45 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4864° N, 86.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kokomo, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4864&lon=-86.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98HH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,766 total, 394 in this make and model, 278 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEX04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801025058539A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK POWER LINE ON INITIAL TAKEOFF. CONTINUED FLYING ITINERARY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 CHI81DEX04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX04), Oct 25, 1980: Bell 206B (N98HH), Kokomo, IN, 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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