# Incident 19850425026329I: Bell 206B, Jeffery City, WY, April 25, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1985, 17:00 local time
- Place: Jeffery City, WY
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.4836° N, 107.8309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jeffrey City, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4836&lon=-107.8309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49727, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49727-1996-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,243 total, 1,009 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850425026329I

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO UNFORECASTED BLIZZARD IN REMOTE AREA. ENGINE QUIT DURING ATTEMPT TO REACH ROAD DUE TO INTAKE ICING.

## Other reports on N49727 (2)

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

- [Accident 19940326006619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940326006619A), Mar 26, 1994: Bell 206B (N49727), Wrangel, AK, Destroyed. Touched skids lightly on platform while loading passenger. Helicopter rolled over. Ground resonance indicated.
- [Accident 19880810035689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880810035689A), Aug 10, 1988: Bell 206B (N49727), Sturgis, SD, Substantial damage. Fuel system cavitated when a pitch over was made. Engine quit. Autorotation to a field. Rotor blades truck tail boom.

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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