# Accident 19740808028549A: Bell 206B1, Berthoud Fls, CO, August 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1974
- Place: Berthoud Fls, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 39.7708° N, 105.8086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berthoud Falls, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7708&lon=-105.8086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32TA-1974-10-11) (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: 1,987 total, 284 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740808028549A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ROLLED 390 FT DOWNHILL AFTER IMPACT WITH MTN SLOPE.DENSITY ALT ABT 14000FT.

## 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 DEN75AD004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD004), Aug 8, 1974: Bell 206B (N32TA), Berthoud Fls, CO, destroyed, 1 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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