# Accident 19820902043449A: Bell 206L, Lihue, HI, September 2, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1982, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 22.2006° N, 159.4991° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.2006&lon=-159.4991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59358 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,694 total, 174 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820902043449A

## Narrative

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

FLEW OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGE WITH CLOUDS 300 FEET ABOVE. PUT INTO CLOUDS BY UPDRAFT, LOST CONTROL, HIT SIDE OF MOUNTAIN

## 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 LAX82DA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA330), Sep 3, 1982: Bell 206-L (N59358), Lihue, HI, 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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