# Accident 19800103000102A: Bell 206B, Montegut, LA, January 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1980, 07:35 local time
- Place: Montegut, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ALGA
- Location: 29.4490° N, 90.5600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montegut, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4490&lon=-90.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39AL-1990-01-24) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,413 total, 2,283 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800103000102A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS OVERTAKEN AND STRUCK BY OTHER HELICOPTER. LOST ROTORS. SPUN INTO A SWAMP.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N30TA, Bell 206B: [Accident 19800103000101A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800103000101A)

## 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 FTW80FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA030), Jan 3, 1980: Bell 206B (N39AL), Montegut, LA, destroyed, 1 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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