# Accident 19780509018939A: Bell 206B, Westwater, UT, May 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1978
- Place: Westwater, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.0783° N, 109.1123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westwater, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0783&lon=-109.1123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16873 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,001 total, 2,060 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780509018939A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN78FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA041), May 9, 1978: Bell 206B3 (N16873), Westwater, UT, 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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