- Date
- March 11, 1980
- Place
- Pikeville, KY · PIKEVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2780YBell 206L
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800311005659A
- Case key
- 132367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0206 80/3/11 PIKEVILLE,KY BELL 206L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N2780Y PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 33, 3194 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 137 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIKE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIKEVILLE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2780Y
- Reported as
- Bell 206L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pike County
N2780YRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 1992 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.