Bell UH-1H accident near Nueva Colonia, CO, July 18, 1998
On July 18, 1998 at about 11:40 pm local time, a Bell UH-1H, registered N159, was involved in an accident near Nueva Colonia. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. private rules. 7 people were killed.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 18, 1998 · about 11:40 pm local time
- Place
- Nueva Colonia, CO
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 7 people were killed.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell UH-1H · all UH-1Hs on the register
- Registration
- N159 · registry record
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. private rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 4 | |||
| Passengers | 3 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number IAD98RA090.