# Accident 19730330035439A: Bell UHIBWILCO, Ban Na, March 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1973
- Place: Ban Na
- Airport: Mt Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Aircraft: N1196W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1196W-1973-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 204-B (registry code 1181404, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-204-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UHIBWILCO
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,068 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 288 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DJY20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DJY20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730330035439A

## Narrative

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

DA 6800FT.UN TO SUSTAIN ROTOR RPM.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION LAOTIAN GOVT.

## 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 OAK73DJY20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DJY20), Mar 30, 1973: Bell 204B (N1196W), Ban Na, Laos, destroyed

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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