# Incident 19801106084329I: Bell 206A, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1980, 12:25 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100KD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,179 total, 3,462 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/19801106084329I

## Narrative

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

ZH PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE, AIRCRAFT YAWED AND VIBRATED.  AUTOROTATED TO BEACH.  VERTICAL FIN WAS MISSING.

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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