Bell 47G-5A N83069

22 October 1974 · Lat 02S, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 22 October 1974 at about 12:25 local time, a Bell 47G-5A registered N83069, operated by M.v.margaret, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Lat 02S, Atlantic Ocean South Lat.. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 October 1974 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Lat 02S, Atlantic Ocean South Lat.
Nearest airport: Ship Heli Pad
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-5A
Registration: N83069
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: M.v.margaret
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Fish Spotting
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3958

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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

TIEDOWN CHAIN TO R REAR X TUBE NOT RELEASED.ACFTSANK OFF AFRICAN COAST.

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 3-3958, 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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