# Accident 19870605019129A: Bell 206L1, Choteau, MT, June 5, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1987, 20:15 local time
- Place: Choteau, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MINA
- Location: 47.8592° N, 112.4400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8592&lon=-112.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4999N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4999N-2013-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,548 total, 492 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN87FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870605019129A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED AND BURNED WHILE FLYING LOW AND SLOW UP A MOUNTAINSIDE. INDICATES LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS DOWNWIND

## 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 DEN87FA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA147), Jun 6, 1987: Bell 206L-1 (N4999N), Choteau, MT, destroyed, 4 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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