# Accident 19810626037409A: Bell UH1B, Heart Butte, MT, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Heart Butte, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2896° N, 112.8336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heart Butte, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2896&lon=-112.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4237V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4237V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1B (registry code 1181410, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,502 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTI12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626037409A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING LANDING. LINE THAT ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN TREES THEN IN TAIL ROTOR.

## 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 DEN81FTI12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTI12), Jun 26, 1981: Bell UH1B (N4237V), Heart Butte, MT, substantial damage

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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