# Accident 19750428020489A: Bell 206B, Deadhorse, AK, April 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1975
- Place: Deadhorse, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 70.2056° N, 148.5117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deadhorse, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.2056&lon=-148.5117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59521, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59521-1975-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 520 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750428020489A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO DETERIORATING WEA.PLT SAID GYRO INST NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

## 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 ANC75AA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA078), Apr 28, 1975: Bell 206 (N59521), Deadhorse, AK, 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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