- Date
- June 3, 1968
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7943SBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1761 68/6/3 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 206A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4140 TIME - 1500 N7943S PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED IN GULF OF MEXICO.PLT MISSING.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED. FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7943S
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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