# Accident 19730807028109A: Bell 206A, Cold Bay, AK, August 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1973
- Place: Cold Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 55.1858° N, 162.7211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cold Bay, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.1858&lon=-162.7211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 total, 766 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730807028109A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ROLLED OVER AFT TKOF.

## 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 ANC74DAG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG14), Aug 7, 1973: Bell 206A (N6238N), Cold Bay, AK, substantial damage

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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