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Bell 47J N7819B

25 February 1970 · Patterson, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 February 1970 at about 07:50 local time, a Bell 47J registered N7819B, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Patterson, Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 07:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Patterson, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 47J
Registration
N7819B
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Petroleum Heli
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Intracoastal Cty, la → Gulf of Mexico
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0652

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

SETTLED WITH POWER INTO GULF, SANK IN 80 FT OF WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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