Bell 206A N7847S

17 July 1967 · Carpinteria, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 July 1967 at about 16:55 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7847S, operated by Rotor-Aids Inc, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Carpinteria, California, United States. 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: 17 July 1967 at 16:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Carpinteria, California, United States
Nearest airport: Parsons Airpark
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206A
Registration: N7847S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Rotor-Aids Inc
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0622

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

T/R STRUCK GAS PUMP HANDLE DURING CLEARING TURN.

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 2-0622, 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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