# Accident 19831018054779A: Bell 206B, Nashua, NH, October 18, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1983, 09:44 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5011N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5011N-2013-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,646 total, 1,255 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831018054779A

## Narrative

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

TURBINE BLADES SEPARATED. ENGINE FAILED. LOST ROTOR RPM DURING AUTOROTATION TRYING TO LAND. BURNED ON IMPACT.

## 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 NYC84FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA009), Oct 18, 1983: Bell 206B III (N5011N), Hudson, NH, 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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