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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1B · Heart Butte, MT · June 26, 1981

Date
June 26, 1981 · 16:30 local
Place
Heart Butte, MT
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4237V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTI12
Reported as
Bell UH1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,502 total3,000 in this make and model250 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.

Helicopter crashed during landing. Line that attached to aircraft caught in trees then in tail rotor.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING LANDING. LINE THAT ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN TREES THEN IN TAIL ROTOR.

NTSB investigation

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