- Date
- October 22, 1974
- Place
- Lat 02s (Atlantic Ocean) · LAT 02S,LONG 04E, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83069Bell 47G-5A
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145077
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3958 74/10/22 LAT 02S,LONG 04E BELL 47G-5A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 6307 TIME - 1225 N83069 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 4117 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIP HELI PAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAT 02S,LONG 04E LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- TIEDOWN CHAIN TO R REAR X TUBE NOT RELEASED.ACFT SANK OFF AFRICAN COAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83069
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ship Heli Pad
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.