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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Point Mugu, CA · April 29, 1982

Date
April 29, 1982 · 09:30 local
Place
Point Mugu, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N209AL
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,211 total1,261 in this make and model45 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.

Received special VFR along shoreline. Bullet from gunnery range hit helicopter. ATC failed to advise gunnery range.

As the FAA filed it

RECEIVED SPECIAL VFR ALONG SHORELINE. BULLET FROM GUNNERY RANGE HIT HELICOPTER. ATC FAILED TO ADVISE GUNNERY RANGE.