Bell 47G-4A N6234N

14 December 1973 · Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · Serious injuries

Summary

On 14 December 1973 at about 06:39 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N6234N, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during static near Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. 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: 14 December 1973 at 06:39
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Nearest airport: SO.TIMBAL.BLK.151
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-4A
Registration: N6234N
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Static
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3602

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT OF N6246N PREV TOLD PLT OF N6234N OF SPACE FOR ONE OPERATING HELI AT A TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 3-3602, 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.

Also in

Other-International Waters 35 Petroleum Heli 139 Bell 47 1,633 1973 4,451

Other Bell 47 accidents

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	-
4 Aug 1973	Bell 47G-5 N1468W	Berlin, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Chesapeake & P	Minor injuries	-
13 Jun 1973	Bell 47G-3B N4727R	Cuba, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Northrop World	No injuries	-
10 Jan 1973	Bell 47G-5 N1365X	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Helix Air Tran	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1973	Bell 47G-3B N65036	Clarinda, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Crown Internat	No injuries	-
9 Aug 1973	Bell 47G N163B	Black Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Arbie Bates	No injuries	-

All 1,633 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Jul 1973	Bell 206 N8162J	Dhahran, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No 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 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	-
2 Dec 1974	Sikorsky S-55 N750A	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Chevron Oil Co	No injuries	-

All 35 records in Other-International Waters