# Accident 19810429020689A: Bell 206L1, Angleton, TX, April 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1718° N, 95.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angleton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1718&lon=-95.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2774V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2774V-2010-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810429020689A

## Narrative

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

HAD VIBRATION, MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING. FOUND IMPELLOR BLADES RUBBING HOUSING. NO CAUSE FOR LANDING.

## 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 FTW81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA082), Apr 29, 1981: Bell 206L-1 (N2774V), Angleton, TX, 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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