- Date
- April 27, 1968
- Place
- Carpenteria, CA · CARPENTERIA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6275NBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1595 68/4/27 NR.CARPENTERIA,CALIF BELL 206A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7000 TIME - 2333 N6275N PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-4/28/68.MAIN ROTOR BLADES,ENGINE,95 PCT OF FUSELAGE,PLT,PX MISSING.8 MI OFF SHORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6275N
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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