# Accident 19820827042369A: Bell 206B, Jamestown, LA, August 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1982, 10:00 local time
- Place: Jamestown, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 32.3419° N, 93.2066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3419&lon=-93.2066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5754P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5754P-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,035 total, 337 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820827042369A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT BROKE DURING FOREST BURNING OPERATION. HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO TREES AND BURNED.

## 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 FTW82FRJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ17), Aug 27, 1982: Bell 206B (N5754P), Jamestown, LA, destroyed

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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