# Accident 19730320005879A: Bell 206B1, Patterson, LA, March 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1973
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 29.6909° N, 91.3095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patterson, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6909&lon=-91.3095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36AL-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,975 total, 670 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730320005879A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLOATING WRECKAGE OF ACFT FOUND 35MI FROM DEP,8MI E OF PROPOSED FLT PATH. INJURIES ASSUMED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW73AF053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF053), Mar 20, 1973: Bell 206B (N36AL), Patterson, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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