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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Red Lake, MN · July 21, 1979

Date: July 21, 1979 · 16:30 local
Place: Red Lake, MN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N59629
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N59629Registration cancelled May 22, 1981 · Bell 206BS/N 1531 Airframe modelBell 206B

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While flying photo mission pilot heard shots. Found hole in cowling on landing.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE FLYING PHOTO MISSION PILOT HEARD SHOTS. FOUND HOLE IN COWLING ON LANDING.

Other reports on N59629 · 1

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

Accident 19800518014119ALevel Off Touchdown · Albuquerque, NMLost tail rotor pitch while performing abrupt manuevers. Spiraled to ground, rolled over on impact.May 18, 1980 · Substantial damage