Bell 206B N90024
25 January 1978 · Palacids, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 25 January 1978 at about 10:15 local time, a Bell 206B registered N90024, operated by Houston Helico, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Palacids, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palacids, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N90024
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Houston Helico
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- Unknown/Not Reported
- Route
- Oil Platform Blk 487 → Vanderbilt, Tx
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0222
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.
Read the full NTSB narrative
INSUFFICIENT PORTION OF AC RCVRD TO DETERMINE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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