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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Salt Lake City, UT · April 11, 1983

Date
April 11, 1983 · 05:45 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
KTIA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5759D
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,753 total89 in this make and model61 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.

Flew into rising terrain in fog low ceiling and rain. Altimeter setting error of 100 feet higher than actual.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN IN FOG LOW CEILING AND RAIN. ALTIMETER SETTING ERROR OF 100 FEET HIGHER THAN ACTUAL.