# Incident 19780307014079I: Bell 206B, Whittier, CA, March 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1978, 10:45 local time
- Place: Whittier, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9668° N, 118.0201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whittier, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9668&lon=-118.0201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49581 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 558 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78IA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780307014079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING FIVE MINUTES SHORT OF DESTINATION DUE TO NAUSEA.

## 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 LAX78IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78IA032), Mar 7, 1978: Bell 206B (N49581), Whittier, CA, incident, no 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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