# Accident 19831227064299A: Bell 206B3, Mountain City, NV, December 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1983, 13:20 local time
- Place: Mountain City, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7705° N, 116.0795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7705&lon=-116.0795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206JH-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,860 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831227064299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FLAMEOUT ON POWERLINE PATROL. VERTICAL IMPACT IN SNOW. FUEL PUMP CONTAINED AIR. NO WINTER SNOW BAFFLES.

## 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 LAX84LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA117), Dec 27, 1983: Bell 206B III (N206JH), Mountain City, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N206JH (1)

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

- [Accident 20190426016859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190426016859A), Apr 26, 2019: Bell 206B (N206JH), Oakridge, OR, Substantial damage. On April 26th, 2019 N206JH, a Bell 206B3, crashed while conducting an agricultural spray operation in clearwater, OR. The aircraft was being operated under CFR…

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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