N80918 — 1979 Bell 206B

Aircraft record

Serial number

2687

Manufacturer

Bell

Model

206B

Year

1979

Category

Rotorcraft

Engine

Allison 250-c20b

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N80918 →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR16FA072Feb 18, 2016Honolulu, HIFatal · 1 fatal

   The in-flight failure of the engine-to-transmission drive shaft due to improper maintenance, which resulted in low main rotor rpm and a subsequent hard landing to water.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1979 Bell 206B).

1. Feb 25, 2019deregistered — Gebhard Jeffrey T

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N80918 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1979 Bell 206B above.

• until Mar 3, 1980Globe GC-1B (s/n 1111)

Frequently asked

Has N80918 been in an accident?

Yes. N80918 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2016.

What kind of aircraft is N80918?

N80918 is a 1979 Bell 206B (rotorcraft), serial number 2687.

Has N80918 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N80918 (WPR16FA072) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.