Bell 47J N5199B

29 February 1964 · Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · No injuries

Summary

On 29 February 1964 at about 07:00 local time, a Bell 47J registered N5199B was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 February 1964 at 07:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Nearest airport: Heliport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47J
Registration: N5199B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0049

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.

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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 2-0049, 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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20 May 1964	Bell 47G-2 N4021A	Enterprise Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
18 Oct 1964	Bell 47G N2467B	Walls Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
10 Mar 1964	Bell 47G N994B	Grand Isle la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 Jul 1964	Bell 47G2A N8460E	Ulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Feb 1964	Taylorcraft BC12D N5103M	Cien Fuegos Cuba, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Mar 1966	Beechcraft C35 N783D	Brownsville Tex, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Jan 1968	Douglas DC-6A N90782	Internatl Waters, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Mar 1970	Cessna 210 N6181F	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Mar 1970	Cessna 172 N7554X	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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