Bell 206A N1430W
30 April 1969 · San Diego, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 30 April 1969 at about 14:27 local time, a Bell 206A registered N1430W, operated by Sea World Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Diego, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:27
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Gillespie Field
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206A
- Registration
- N1430W
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sea World Inc
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Montgomery Fld → Gillespie Fld
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- 3-2496
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
IMPROPRLY INSTLED CYCLIC BALANCE SPRING CLIP.CYCLIC CTL NOT CHECKED.INCOMPLETE INSTRS FROM MFGR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 7 Oct 1969 | Bell 206A | Morgan City, Louisiana, United States | Tide Helicopte | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 1969 | Bell 206A | Clintwood, Virginia, United States | Penn-Virginia | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Jan 1969 | Bell 206A | Stockton, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 1969 | Bell 206A | Tonopah, Nevada, United States | Intermountain | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |