- Date
- October 25, 1980
- Place
- Kokomo, IN · KOKOMO, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98HHBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801025058539A
- Case key
- 128419
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3073 80/10/25 KOKOMO,IN BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N98HH PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 5767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 394 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOKOMO,IN ST. LEON,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- CONGESTED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98HH
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.