# Incident 19790721021119I: Bell 206B, Red Lake, MN, July 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Red Lake, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8700° N, 95.0052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8700&lon=-95.0052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59629, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59629-1981-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 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/19790721021119I

## Narrative

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

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 19800518014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518014119A), May 18, 1980: Bell 206B (N59629), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Lost tail rotor pitch while performing abrupt manuevers. Spiraled to ground, rolled over on impact.

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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