# Accident 19751214041159A: Bell 206B, Miles City, MT, December 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1975
- Place: Miles City, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 46.4058° N, 105.8389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miles City, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4058&lon=-105.8389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59495, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59495) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,485 total, 1,415 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FTA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751214041159A

## Narrative

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

COYOTE HUNTING.FUEL WARN LT FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY ENG FAIL.NO DEICER ADDITIVE IN FUEL.TEMP -6DEG F.

## 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 SEA76FTA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTA09), Dec 14, 1975: Bell 206B (N59495), Miles City, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N59495 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860604021419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604021419A), Jun 4, 1986: Bell 206B (N59495), Portal, ND, Substantial damage. The helicopter struck wires during a spraying operation. Aircraft rolled over on landing.

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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