# Accident 19810115000299A: Bell 206B, Phoenix, AZ, January 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1981, 10:31 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5018K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5018K-1982-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 175 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810115000299A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ29), Jan 15, 1981: Bell 206B (N5018K), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed

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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