# Accident 19840503073709A: Bell 206B, Trammel, VA, May 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1984, 14:31 local time
- Place: Trammel, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0145° N, 82.2938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trammel, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0145&lon=-82.2938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99LC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,160 total, 58 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840503073709A

## Narrative

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

LOW FLYING HELICOPTER STRUCK POWERLINES AND CRASHED. PILOT HAD BEEN TOLD OF UNMARKED LINES.

## 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 ATL84FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA158), May 3, 1984: Bell 206B (N99LC), Trammel, VA, destroyed

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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