Bell 206A N7850S
14 December 1970 · Leeville, Louisiana, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 14 December 1970 at about 11:00 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7850S, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Leeville, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leeville, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Shell St 26A
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206A
- Registration
- N7850S
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Petroleum Heli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4548
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
PLT TOOK HANDS AND FEET FROM CTLS TO RETRIEVE PENCIL.ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE, SPUN INTO SEA.WIND 15K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
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