# Accident 19770402009239A: Bell 206B, Clearwater, FL, April 2, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1977
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59640, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59640-1978-02-08) (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: 694 total, 694 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLD41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770402009239A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 19K

## 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 MIA77FLD41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLD41), Apr 2, 1977: Bell 206B (N59640), Clearwater, FL, destroyed

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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