Bell 47J N5151B

17 June 1966 · L.cano Costa Rica, Central America · No injuries

Summary

On 17 June 1966 at about 10:10 local time, a Bell 47J registered N5151B, operated by Mercury Genera, was involved in an accident during in flight near L.cano Costa Rica, Central America. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 June 1966 at 10:10
Classification: Accident
Location: L.cano Costa Rica, Central America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47J
Registration: N5151B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Mercury Genera
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0038

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA.

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 6-0038, 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 accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Jan 1966	Cessna 206 N5086U	Villanil Costa Rc, Central America no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 May 1965	No American F51D N6153U	Sta Teresa Nicrga, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Apr 1967	Beechcraft C33A N3722Q	S.jose, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1967	Beechcraft 95-55 N1391Z	Corn Is, Central America no coordinates	Bartemor Boat	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1967	Hiller UH12E4 N44B	Santa Fe, Central America no coordinates	Shasta Helicop	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1964	North Am F-51 N6170U	Mateare Nicaragua, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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