19810115000299A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Phoenix, AZ · January 15, 1981

Date
January 15, 1981 · 10:31 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5018K
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FUJ29
Reported as
Bell 206B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total175 in this make and model87 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.

Indicates helicopter entered settling with power condition during practice autorotation power recovery.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES HELICOPTER ENTERED SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITION DURING PRACTICE AUTOROTATION POWER RECOVERY.

NTSB investigation

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