# Accident 19880314026319A: Bell UH1B, Arvin, CA, March 14, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1988, 05:15 local time
- Place: Arvin, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1944° N, 118.8306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arvin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1944&lon=-118.8306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59368, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59368-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1B (registry code 1181410, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1B
- Reported engine: LYC T53L11D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,746 total, 916 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88DVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880314026319A

## Narrative

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

HIT POWERLINES ON A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FUEL BOOST WARNING LIGHT ON. IMPACTED GROUND. GENERATOR SWITCH WAS OFF.

## 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 LAX88DVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVA02), Mar 14, 1988: Bell UH-1B (N59368), Arvin, CA, 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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