Bell 206B N157AL

10 October 1977 · Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 10 October 1977 at about 19:45 local time, a Bell 206B registered N157AL, operated by Air Logistics, was involved in an accident during in flight near Grand Chenier, Louisiana, 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: 10 October 1977 at 19:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206B
Registration: N157AL
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Air Logistics
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: New Iberia, la → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3862

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

PLT FLYING LOW BECAUSE OF DETERIORATING WEATHER

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 3-3862, 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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27 Aug 1977	Bell 206B N90324	Ft Myers, Florida, United States no coordinates	Crescent Airwa	Minor injuries	-
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