Bell 205A N480AS

18 August 1978 · Dennison M, Canada · Fatal

Summary

On 18 August 1978 at about 08:00 local time, a Bell 205A registered N480AS was involved in an accident during in flight near Dennison M, Canada. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 August 1978 at 08:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Dennison M, Canada
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 205A
Registration: N480AS
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0004

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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.

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 6-0004, 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

Canada 658 Bell 205 54 1978 4,698

Other Bell 205 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Oct 1978	Bell 205A-1 N2215W	Kenai, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	Fatal	2
13 Jan 1978	Bell 205A-1 N67HJ	Castle Rock, Washington, United States no coordinates	Heli-Jet	Minor injuries	-
28 Jun 1978	Bell 205A-1 N94AL	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1980	Bell 205A-1 N95AL	Houma, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	Fatal	13
18 Jul 1980	Bell 205A-1 N6207N	Arcola, Texas, United States no coordinates	Airwest Offsho	Fatal	1
23 Apr 1976	Bell 205-A1 N8167J	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	12

All 54 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Nov 1978	Piper PA-31 N777GM	Toronto, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Jul 1978	Mitsubishi MU-2 N19GU	Savnt Lake, Canada no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
27 Mar 1978	Beechcraft 80 N28BL	Indian Hbr, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Feb 1978	Ted Smith 601P N90674	Shearwater, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1978	Cessna 414 N508W	Dorval, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 May 1978	Cessna 185 N4021Y	Keezhik Lk, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 658 records in Canada