19830117002049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206BELL · Cincinnati, OH · January 17, 1983

Date
January 17, 1983 · 12:50 local
Place
Cincinnati, OH
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N59426
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83LA085
Reported as
Bell 206BELL
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,788 total2,067 in this make and model17 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.

Unable to refuel at fueling stop,pilot continued flight to fuel exhaustion. Main rotors hit a lightpole on landing.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO REFUEL AT FUELING STOP,PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.MAIN ROTORS HIT A LIGHTPOLE ON LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.