Bell 47G3B1 N7901S

17 July 1976 · Petersburg, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 July 1976, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N7901S, operated by Shasta Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Petersburg, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 July 1976
Classification: Accident
Location: Petersburg, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N7901S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Shasta Helicop
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Big John Bay, Ak → Petersburg, Ak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-3890

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

T/R BLADES 22.1HRS PAST MANDATORY CHANGE TIME.

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 3-3890, 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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