Bell 206A N7820S

21 November 1970 · Plettnbrg Bay, Africa · No injuries

Summary

On 21 November 1970 at about 08:25 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7820S, operated by Superior Oil C, was involved in an accident during in flight near Plettnbrg Bay, Africa. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 November 1970 at 08:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Plettnbrg Bay, Africa
Nearest airport: Plettenberg Bay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206A
Registration: N7820S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Superior Oil C
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0057

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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 THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No position. The source record has no latitude and longitude, and it names no place or airport that could be looked up, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0057, 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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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Dec 1970	Beechcraft D18S N5967C	Benghazi, Africa not on the map	Air Libya	No injuries	-
25 Apr 1969	Douglas DC-4 N3934C	Enugu, Africa not on the map	-	Serious injuries	-
23 Jun 1969	Sikorsky S-62A N665Y	Dakar, Africa not on the map	World Wide HEL	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1971	Bell 47G-4A N4002G	Angola, Africa not on the map	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1969	Beechcraft D18S N5967C	Zuetina, Africa not on the map	Air Libya	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1969	Piper PA-22 N8542D	Bulawayo, Africa not on the map	-	No injuries	-

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