Bell 206 N8162J

28 July 1973 · Dhahran, Other-International Waters · No injuries

Summary

On 28 July 1973 at about 18:30 local time, a Bell 206 registered N8162J, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Dhahran, Other-International Waters. 3 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: 28 July 1973 at 18:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Dhahran, Other-International Waters
Nearest airport: Dhahran
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206
Registration: N8162J
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 6-0039

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.

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SEVERE SPIKE KNOCK.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0039, 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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13 Nov 1973	Bell 206B N2929W	Intracstl Cty, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
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14 May 1973	Bell 206B N30TA	White Plains, New York, United States no coordinates	Terminal Airwa	No injuries	-
22 Feb 1973	Bell 206B N35AL	Amelia, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	Fatal	1
10 Sep 1973	Bell 206B N8110J	Lewistown, Montana, United States no coordinates	Omniflt Helico	Minor injuries	-

All 1,732 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Jan 1973	Bell 47J-2 N73968	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Continental OI	Minor injuries	-
15 Sep 1973	Bell 206B N83157	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
29 Nov 1973	Bell 212 N83235	Ehib 370 Gulf Mex, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	-
14 Dec 1973	Bell 47G-4A N6234N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
14 Dec 1973	Bell 47G-4A N6246N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
24 Oct 1972	Boeing 707 N423PA	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 35 records in Other-International Waters