# Accident 19760318020459A: Bell 206B, Gobernador, NM, March 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1976
- Place: Gobernador, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N7849S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7849S-1976-07-15) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,274 total, 1,213 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760318020459A

## Narrative

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

BYPASS VALVE IN FUEL CONROL POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR STUCK MOMENTARILY. HAD TO CLR TREES,BUSHES.

## 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 DEN76AD041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD041), Mar 18, 1976: Bell 206B (N7849S), Gobernador, NM, substantial damage

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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