- Date
- February 17, 1970
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6230NBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0633 70/2/17 MORGAN CITY,LA BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2283 TIME - 1635 N6230N PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 839 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OFFSHORE OIL RIG OIL RIG PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD. WATER HAD 4 FT SWELLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6230N
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6230NRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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