NTSB investigations: Bell UH-1B, 1982

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Bell UH-1B. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Bell UH-1B, 1982 per year, 1980–2026: 57 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1982
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181410'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX83LA022Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBell UH-1B · Delano, CAThe pilot was making a helicopter spray run and decended into trees on th irst pass after reloading. He got a low RPM light in a reduced power situation. No malfunctions were found. The pilot had made 34 similiar operations during this schedule.Oct 28, 1982 · N15FC · DestroyedNTSB DEN82DA147Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBell UH1B · Bryce Canyon, UTThe pilot was making an approach to a 10,000 ft mountain, let the RPM decay and made a hard landing. The density altitude was 12,500 feet. There was about 500 or 600 pounds of cargo on the long line.Jul 28, 1982 · N88389 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX82AA274Accident · 3 fatalFinal reportBell UH-1B · Valencia, CAAcft being used to film movie scene depicting attack of village typical of villges in viet nam. Acft was about 25 ft AGL & above location where special effects explosives were detonated. As the plt turned acft for camera coverage, acft'stail section was…Jul 23, 1982 · N87701 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX82DA264Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBell 204 · Delano, CAThe acft was spraying for mediterranean fruit flies with another acft. Entering a "scissors" or opposite direction pattern with the second helicopter spraying in the opposite direction, the plt had to slow down in order to begin his swath at the completion of…Jul 18, 1982 · N910PD · DestroyedNTSB LAX82FA061Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBell UH1B · Lagunitas, CAHelicopter crashed into a reservoir and sank in 60 feet of water after tail boom separated during a log slinging operation. The pilot had lifted and began to back up when a loud noise was heard and the tail separated. The log was released and an auto-rotation…Jan 27, 1982 · N96142 · Destroyed