- Date
- December 2, 1980
- Place
- Cameron, LA · CAMERON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5003QBell 206B3
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801202077349A
- Case key
- 128342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2946 80/12/2 NR.CAMERON,LA BELL 206B3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 3531 TIME - 0825 N5003Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 341 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CAMERON 198A DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMERON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ELEVATED HELIPAD DEPARTING LOWER PAD.CO FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5003Q
- Reported as
- Bell 206B3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- West Cameron 198a
N5003QRegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Bell 206BAirframe modelBell 206BEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.