# Accident 19820821040069A: Bell 206L1, Hohokus, NJ, August 21, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1982, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hohokus, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9995° N, 74.0966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9995&lon=-74.0966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57480, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57480-1985-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,174 total, 471 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820821040069A

## Narrative

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

TURBINE ASSEMBLY GUIDE VANE FAILED. HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING.

## 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 NYC82DA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA206), Aug 21, 1982: Bell 206L-1 (N57480), Ho Ho Kus, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57480 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810318020839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318020839I), Mar 18, 1981: Bell 212 (N57480), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. Right engine side cowl came off and struck right horizontal stabilizer. Installed two new fasteners.

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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