# Accident 19810611032799A: Bell 206B, Kayenta, AZ, June 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1981, 19:30 local time
- Place: Kayenta, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7173° N, 110.2604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kayenta, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7173&lon=-110.2604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5008L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5008L-1988-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 2,810 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810611032799A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING LOW-LEVEL FILMING OPERATION.

## 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 LAX81DUJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ66), Jun 11, 1981: Bell 206B (N5008L), Kayenta, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5008L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790726020289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726020289A), Jul 26, 1979: Bell 206B (N5008L), Waverly, CO, Substantial damage. Made hard landing during practice autorotation landings.

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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