Bell 47J-2 N8499E

20 May 1972 · Piti Village, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 May 1972 at about 18:25 local time, a Bell 47J-2 registered N8499E, operated by Rick Helicopte, was involved in an accident during in flight near Piti Village, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 May 1972 at 18:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Piti Village, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Nas Agana
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47J-2
Registration: N8499E
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Rick Helicopte
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Anigua, Guam → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1695

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	2	1	1

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.

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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 3-1695, 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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