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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Santa Ana, CA · October 15, 1983

Date
October 15, 1983 · 15:30 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N49670
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA019
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
88 total26 in this make and model88 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.

Landed on a platform dolly with one skid off dolly. Helicopter rolled over. Witness reports not same as pilots.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON A PLATFORM DOLLY WITH ONE SKID OFF DOLLY. HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER. WITNESS REPORTS NOT SAME AS PILOTS.

NTSB investigation

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