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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Oakwood, VA · May 25, 1982

Date
May 25, 1982 · 12:10 local
Place
Oakwood, VA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9986K
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,701 total1,000 in this make and model13 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 struck power lines while inspecting railroad tracks. Crashed inverted. Wires not marked or eaily visible

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER STRUCK POWER LINES WHILE INSPECTING RAILROAD TRACKS. CRASHED INVERTED. WIRES NOT MARKED OR EAILY VISIBLE