# Accident 19840908047459A: Bell 206B, Wallingford, CT, September 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1984, 10:44 local time
- Place: Wallingford, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4570° N, 72.8232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wallingford, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4570&lon=-72.8232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4FL-1989-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,228 total, 490 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908047459A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER HIT POWERLINE AND CRASHED AS PILOT WAS MAKING A LOW PASS OVER AREA HE HAD JUST DEPARTED.

## 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 NYC84FA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA307), Sep 8, 1984: Bell 206B (N4FL), Wallingford, CT, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N4FL (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840714037219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714037219I), Jul 14, 1984: Bell 206B (N4FL), Smithtown, NY. Radio communications problem and a faulty fuel indication precipitated an off airport landing in a field.
- [Incident 19781021029319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781021029319I), Oct 21, 1978: Bell 206B (N4FL), Flushing, NY. Pilot noted control stiffness. Made a run on landing. Control boost hydraulic pump had failed.
- [Accident 19740420009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740420009769A), Apr 20, 1974: Bell 206B (N4FL), Hewitt, NJ, Substantial damage. Helipad 3-5DEG slope. Purpose to move acft fm helipad to hangar.

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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