Plane Crash List

Bell 47G-3B N8547F

23 August 1966 · Rahgird Iran, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 23 August 1966 at about 14:30 local time, a Bell 47G-3B registered N8547F, operated by Teledyne Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Rahgird Iran, Asia. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Rahgird Iran, Asia
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 47G-3B
Registration
N8547F
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Teledyne Inc.
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight
In Flight
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
6-0084

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

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 IRAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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