# Accident 19780830031139A: Bell 206B, Intracstl City, LA, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978
- Place: Intracstl City, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 29.7844° N, 92.1562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Intracoastal City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7844&lon=-92.1562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9908K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9908K-1981-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,154 total, 126 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830031139A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED IN GULF OF MEX 40 MI SOUTH INTRACSTL CITY,LA.ONE PAXAL,PLT & 2 PAX ASSUMED FATAL.

## 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 FTW78FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA073), Aug 30, 1978: Bell 206B (N9908K), Intracstl City, LA, destroyed, 4 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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