- Date
- September 3, 1982, 18:48 local (Sep 4, 1982, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49593Bell 206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820903047839A
- Case key
- 69953
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft departed laramie at approximately 1600 with a full load of fuel. At 1840 the plt contacted Billings tower & stated he had a low fuel warning light. Several minutes later he radioed that he was going down. A witness observed the acft coming down "real hard." The acft crashed approximately 4.5 mi se of the arpt. The usable fuel capacity is 74.97 gals & the average fuel burn is between 24-26 gph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49593
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 176
- Airframe hours
- 3,939
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20, 317 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters
- Registered owner
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters
- Departed
- C · Laramie, WY
- Destination
- C · Billings, MT
- Airport
- BIL · Billings Logan Internt'L
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,241 total · 220 in this make and model · 170 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.