# Accident 19830322008449A: Bell 206B3, Salinas, CA, March 22, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1983, 13:15 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6902° N, 121.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salinas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6902&lon=-121.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8163J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8163J-1983-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830322008449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION HELICOPTER ON MOUNTAIN HELIPAD AND DESCENDED INTO FOG AND CRASHED.

## 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 LAX83FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA154), Mar 22, 1983: Bell 206 B III (N8163J), Salinas, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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