Bell 206B N59507

12 January 1975 · Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · No injuries

Summary

On 12 January 1975 at about 13:15 local time, a Bell 206B registered N59507, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 January 1975 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Nearest airport: Vermilion Blk 76
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206B
Registration: N59507
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Vermilion Block 76 → Vermilion Block 182
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0156

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

DRIFTED R & HIT RAISED EDGE OF PLATFORM. GUSTINGTO 35K.

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 3-0156, 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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