19970123000779A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 206B3 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · January 23, 1997

Date
January 23, 1997 · 07:51 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
MHNA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2047R
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA97FA070
Reported as
Bell 206B3
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
7,243 total821 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck radio tower. Fell to ground in pieces. Transporting workers for tree eadiction.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK RADIO TOWER. FELL TO GROUND IN PIECES. TRANSPORTING WORKERS FOR TREE EADICTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.