Bell 47G N994B

10 March 1964 · Grand Isle la, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 10 March 1964 at about 07:00 local time, a Bell 47G registered N994B was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Isle la, 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 March 1964 at 07:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Isle la, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Oil Drilling Rig
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G
Registration: N994B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0059

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.

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 2-0059, 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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