# Incident 19830131010579I: Bell 206BELL, Burbank, CA, January 31, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1983, 07:32 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20802 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,860 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830131010579I

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK ROTOR BLADE OF PARKED HELICOPTER. SEPARATED ROTOR BALANCE WEIGHT DAMAGED PARKED AIRCRAFT.

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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