- Date
- January 8, 1974
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4020GBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740108002209A
- Case key
- 187181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0124 74/1/8 NR.VENICE,LA BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N4020G PX- 1 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 6139 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 646 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA W.DELTA NR 79 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UN CONT IN FOG,ATTMPTD WATER LDG. SKIDS WITH POP-OUT FLOATS. PAX PRESUMED FATAL. WEA BRIEF BY CO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4020G
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.