# Accident 19761228040239A: Bell 206B, Gulf Of Mexico, December 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1976
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Aircraft: N49667 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,661 total, 1,494 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761228040239A

## Narrative

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

APPROACH TO OFFSHORE OIL RIG.FLOATS NOT INFLATED.

## 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 FTW77FRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRD03), Dec 28, 1976: Bell 206B (N49667), Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico), 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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