Bell 212 N90057

3 November 1975 · Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · Fatal

Summary

On 3 November 1975 at about 13:02 local time, a Bell 212 registered N90057, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. 9 people were on board and 9 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 November 1975 at 13:02
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 212
Registration: N90057
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Intracoastal City, la → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4119

People

9 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
9	9	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

DEBRIS FRM ACFT RECOVERED 11/4/75. NO OCCUPANTS FOUND.

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 3-4119, 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 212 78 1975 4,463

Other Bell 212 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Apr 1975	Bell 212 N18091	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	Bell Helicopte	Serious injuries	-
7 Sep 1975	Bell 212 N59572	Valdez, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Kenai Air Serv	No injuries	-
30 Jul 1975	Bell 212 N7073J	Banjul, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	1
20 Aug 1974	Bell 212 N83033	Red Hill, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Jelco, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Nov 1973	Bell 212 N83235	Ehib 370 Gulf Mex, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	-
12 Jun 1977	Bell 212 N391EH	Portage Glac., Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	Minor injuries	-

All 78 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Mar 1975	Bell 206B N14849	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1975	Bell 206B N59507	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
23 Apr 1976	Bell 205-A1 N8167J	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	12
2 Dec 1974	Sikorsky S-55 N750A	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Chevron Oil Co	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1976	Bell 206B N49667	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
3 Jan 1973	Bell 47J-2 N73968	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Continental OI	Minor injuries	-

All 35 records in Other-International Waters