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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L · Atmauthluk, AK · November 10, 1980

Date
November 10, 1980 · 08:47 local
Place
Atmauthluk, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2758C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA005
Reported as
Bell 206L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,646 total1,738 in this make and model106 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Sling load cable broke. Struck main rotor. Main rotor cut off tail boom. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

SLING LOAD CABLE BROKE. STRUCK MAIN ROTOR. MAIN ROTOR CUT OFF TAIL BOOM. LANDED SAFELY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.