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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Nipomo, CA · September 11, 1981

Date
September 11, 1981 · 20:00 local
Place
Nipomo, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N39107
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVM29
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total250 in this make and model25 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 hit high tension wires during low-level cruise under cloud layer at night.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER HIT HIGH TENSION WIRES DURING LOW-LEVEL CRUISE UNDER CLOUD LAYER AT NIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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