# Accident 19730918033199A: Bell 206B1, Beltsville, MD, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Beltsville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Location: 39.0399° N, 76.9204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beltsville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0399&lon=-76.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6294N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6294N-1973-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206A (registry code 1181508, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 491 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918033199A

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER AUTOROTATION PROC.

## 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 IAD74AI017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI017), Sep 18, 1973: Bell 206A (N6294N), Beltsville, MD, 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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