- Date
- August 15, 1967
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7846SBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0959 67/8/15 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 206A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 6400 TIME - 1440 N7846S PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. LOST CONTROL OVER GULF OF MEX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7846S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7846SRegistered now · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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