Bell 47G3B1 N73288

6 October 1966 · Manta Ecuador, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes · No injuries

Summary

On 6 October 1966 at about 10:30 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N73288, operated by M.g.a. Corp., was involved in an accident during static near Manta Ecuador, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 October 1966 at 10:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Manta Ecuador, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes
Nearest airport: M.v. Day Island
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N73288
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: M.g.a. Corp.
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Fish Spotting
Phase of flight: Static
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0073

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0073, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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