# Incident 20000727035509I: Bell UH1H, Philipsburg, MT, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 17:15 local time
- Place: Philipsburg, MT
- Airport: Riddick Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3174° N, 113.3052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIDDICK FLD (U05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3174&lon=-113.3052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N398M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N398M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1H
- Reported engine: LYC T53*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,542 total, 3,620 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727035509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED, IN FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT LOST HYDRAULICS. THE PILOT LANDED AT PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA - THE NEAREST AVAILABLE AIRPORT.  FLUID AND LEAKED OUT AT THE FITTING OF A RIGID LINE WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL MILITARY HARDWARE.  THE LINE WAS REPLACED.  NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WERE EXPERIENCED.

## Other reports on N398M (1)

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

- [Accident 20210615007759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210615007759A), Jun 15, 2021: Bell UH-1H (N398M), Townsend, MT, Destroyed. On June 15, 2021 at approximately 1700 mountain daylight time, a Bell UH1H helicopter, N398M had a hard landing, roll over and post crash fire on an access…

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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