Kaman Acft K-600 N61757

24 May 1974 · Mer Rouge, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 May 1974 at about 13:45 local time, a Kaman Acft K-600 registered N61757, operated by Bonne Idee AER, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Mer Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 May 1974 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Mer Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Kaman Acft K-600
Registration: N61757
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Bonne Idee AER
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1246

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	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

LND DUE POOR ACCELERATION. NOSE GR SANK INTO SOFT DIRT.

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 3-1246, 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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