# Accident 19730902036279A: Bell 205A1, Lester, WA, September 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1973
- Place: Lester, WA
- Airport: Kelly Butte Helip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 47.2093° N, 121.4940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lester, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2093&lon=-121.4940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1440W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1440W-1974-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 205A-1 (registry code 1181414, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-205a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 205A1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,254 total, 2,689 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYE09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYE09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902036279A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ON USFS CONTRACT.DENSITY ALT 7000FT. OVERWEIGHT BY 1025 LBS. GUSTING TO 13K.

## 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 SEA74DYE09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYE09), Sep 2, 1973: Bell 205-A1 (N1440W), Lester, WA, 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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