Plane Crash List

Bell 206B N5747Z

1 September 1988 · West Cameron 28 · Minor injuries

Summary

On 1 September 1988 at about 14:50 local time, a Bell 206B registered N5747Z was involved in an accident near West Cameron 28. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:50
Classification
Accident
Location
West Cameron 28
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 206B
Registration
N5747Z
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Positioning
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
West CAMERON280 → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW88LA158

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 1 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

THE PILOT LANDED THE HEICOPTER ON A DRILLING PLATFORM AND INSTRUCTED THE MECHANIC TO INSTALL ONLY THE FORWARD TIE-DOWNS. THE MECHANIC SECURED THE FORWARD AND AFT TIE-DOWNS AND SECURED THE FORWARD ROTOR BLADES. WHEN THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE HELICOPTER, HE REMOVED THE ROTOR BLADE TIE-DOWN AND THE FORWARD TIE-DOWNS, BUT NOT THE AFT TIE-DOWNS. AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE HELICOPTER BECAME AIRBORNE IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, SETTLED BACK ON THE SAFETY FENCE AND SLID BACKWARD INTO THE WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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