Bell 206B N49593
4 September 1982 · Billings, Montana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 4 September 1982 at about 00:48 local time, a Bell 206B registered N49593, operated by Rocky Mountain Helicopters, was involved in an accident near Billings, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:48
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Billings, Montana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Billings Logan Internt'l (BIL)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N49593
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Helicopters
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Laramie → Billings
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN82FA182
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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