- Date
- September 18, 1973
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4800RBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730918033769A
- Case key
- 188615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2735 73/9/18 NR.LEEVILLE,LA BELL 47G-4A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1518 TIME - 0740 N4800R PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST BLK J PLATFORM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEEVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FORE/AFT CYCLIC TUBE ASSY SEPD AT ROD END,WALLS 90% REDUCED BY CORROSION.CRASHED IN 180FT OF WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4800R
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Blk J Platform
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.