Bell 47G2A N8460E

31 July 1964 · Ulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · Minor injuries

Summary

On 31 July 1964 at about 10:00 local time, a Bell 47G2A registered N8460E was involved in an accident during in flight near Ulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 July 1964 at 10:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Ulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G2A
Registration: N8460E
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0462

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	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

ROTORCFT-TAIL ROTOR ASSY FAILURE, UNDETERMINED.

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 2-0462, 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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Other Bell 47G2A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 May 1964	Bell 47G2A N6702D	10SE Houma la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
22 Oct 1964	Bell 47G2A N8458E	Battle Creek Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
13 Nov 1964	Bell 47G2A N3355D	Yukon Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Jun 1964	Bell 47G2A N73227	Montello Wis, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
8 May 1964	Bell 47G2A N73207	West Milford Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Jun 1964	Bell 47G2A N477RK	Compton Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 23 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Feb 1964	Bell 47J N5199B	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	No 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

All 35 records in Other-International Waters