Bell SCARBO N9012R

Summary

On 5 June 1965 at about 16:30 local time, a Bell SCARBO registered N9012R, operated by Gulf Coast HEL, was involved in an accident during in flight near Port Aransas Tex, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1965 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Aransas Tex, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell SCARBO

Registration

N9012R

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Gulf Coast HEL

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

2-0234

1 person had minor injuries.

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

ACFT TURNED OVER BY WAVES AFTER DITCHING-LEFT TANK FLOAT ARM STICKING FROM CORROSION

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.