# Incident 19801030076769I: Bell TH13T, Columbus, MS, October 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1980, 10:35 local time
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Airport: Golden Triangle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4483° N, 88.5914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL (GTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4483&lon=-88.5914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48221 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL TH13T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,538 total, 438 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801030076769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT FROM OUTSIDE AIRCRAFT ESCAPED AND CRASHED UNATTENDED.

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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