# Accident 19810107001049A: Bell 206BELL, Mill City, OR, January 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1981, 15:15 local time
- Place: Mill City, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 44.7520° N, 122.4770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mill City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7520&lon=-122.4770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90099, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90099-1981-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,632 total, 1 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYM15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810107001049A

## Narrative

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

SLING LOAD NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY. UNBALANCED HELICOPTER ON PICK-UP ATTEMPT.

## 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 SEA81DYM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYM15), Jan 7, 1981: Bell 206A (N90099), Mill City, OR, 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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