Bell 47G-4 N6753D

2 July 1967 · Ecuador, South America · Minor injuries

Summary

On 2 July 1967 at about 11:00 local time, a Bell 47G-4 registered N6753D, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ecuador, South America. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 July 1967 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Ecuador, South America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-4
Registration: N6753D
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Construction Work
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0069

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	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 JURISDICTION OF GOVT 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 6-0069, 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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28 Aug 1967	Bell 47J-2A N1134W	Pico Rivera, California, United States no coordinates	MacCo Realty C	No injuries	-
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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Nov 1967	Cessna 182 N5506B	Apartado, South America no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Dec 1968	Boeing 707 N494PA	Caracas, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	51
23 Apr 1968	Douglas DC-8 N1804	Quito, South America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
23 Nov 1968	Boeing 707 N428PA	Cachimbo, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Feb 1969	Curtiss Wrt C-46F N5133B	Manaus, South America no coordinates	Carolina Aircr	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1965	Douglas DC-8 N8274H	Santiago Chile Sa, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 38 records in South America