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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Bettles, AK · August 13, 1983

Date
August 13, 1983 · 10:35 local
Place
Bettles, AK
Airport
Bettles
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1081K
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83FA144
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,789 total40 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Paint chips in fuel clogged flow limit switches and ejector pumps, preventing transfer and causing fuel starvation.

As the FAA filed it

PAINT CHIPS IN FUEL CLOGGED FLOW LIMIT SWITCHES AND EJECTOR PUMPS, PREVENTING TRANSFER AND CAUSING FUEL STARVATION.

NTSB investigation

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