# Accident 19840513066199A: Bell 206B, Palmer, AK, May 13, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1984, 13:53 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SAIA
- Location: 61.6193° N, 148.9804° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6193&lon=-148.9804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90191 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,759 total, 2,885 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840513066199A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A HIDDEN POWERLINE WHILE APPROACHING A LANDING AREA.

## 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 ANC84FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA067), May 13, 1984: Bell 206B (N90191), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.