- Date
- March 3, 1971
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13150Bell 47G-4
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160345
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0046 71/3/3 LEEVILLE,LA BELL 47G-4 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2868 TIME - 0721 N13150 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 655 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OFFSHORE HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLATFORM ST 21-86 LEEVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 47 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FUNNELS AND AREAS OF TURBC ON WATER OBSD BY OTR PLTS IN AREA. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS UNRELIABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13150
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Offshore Helipad
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