# Accident 19810529061989A: Bell 206B, Montrose, NY, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 23:09 local time
- Place: Montrose, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2389° N, 73.9438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montrose, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2389&lon=-73.9438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1087S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1087S-1989-06-08) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529061989A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER HIT WIRES. CRASHED AND BURNED IN SUBURBAN AREA DURING DESCENDING FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT OBSERVED DOING 180

## 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 NYC81FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA052), May 29, 1981: Bell 206B (N1087S), Montrose, NY, destroyed, 2 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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