Bell H13H N51843

16 September 1978 · Firebaugh, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 September 1978 at about 06:15 local time, a Bell H13H registered N51843, operated by West Coast HEL, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Firebaugh, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 September 1978 at 06:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Firebaugh, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell H13H
Registration: N51843
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: West Coast HEL
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2211

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

TIE DOWN STRAP ACROSS LEFT SKID CAUGHT ON TRAILER AND TETHERED HELICOPER.

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 3-2211, 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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