- Date
- October 8, 1966
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 11 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1187WBell 204B
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121003
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1140 66/10/8 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 204B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 4998 TIME - 1330 N1187W PX- 10 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 141 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1187W
- Reported as
- Bell 204B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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