Bell 206B N14831
19 February 1973 · Morgan City, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 19 February 1973 at about 09:15 local time, a Bell 206B registered N14831, operated by Ptrlm Helo Inc, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Morgan City, Louisiana, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morgan City, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N14831
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Ptrlm Helo Inc
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Marsh Is Blk 57 → Morgan City, la
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0135
People
5 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
PYLON SUPPORT LINK FAILED IN FATIGUE, CAUSING COMPLETE FAILURE OF MAIN ROTOR/TRANSMISSION ASSY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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