# Accident 19780416014099A: Bell 206B1, Lonely, AK, April 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1978
- Place: Lonely, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N49757, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49757-1980-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,018 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780416014099A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEF FROM PVT SOURCE.

## 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 ANC78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA028), Apr 16, 1978: Bell 206B (N49757), Lonely, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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