- Date
- March 20, 1973
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N36ALBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730320005879A
- Case key
- 170678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0837 73/3/20 PATTERSON,LA BELL 206B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2975 TIME - 0830 N36AL PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 670 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE IS,BLK 295 PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- FLOATING WRECKAGE OF ACFT FOUND 35MI FROM DEP,8MI E OF PROPOSED FLT PATH. INJURIES ASSUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36AL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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