# Incident 19780718043549I: Bell 206BELL, Anchorage, AK, July 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1978, 07:51 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59562, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59562-1981-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718043549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST HYDRAULIC BOOST DUE TO A HYDRAULIC LEAK. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N59562 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780810036809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810036809A), Aug 10, 1978: Bell 206B1 (N59562), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed. Helipad on stern of vessel. Acft hovered r to clear ship. Tiedown r extend above pad surface.

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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