Bell 47J-2A N3073G
6 October 1967 · Cordova, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 October 1967 at about 18:00 local time, a Bell 47J-2A registered N3073G, operated by Anchorage Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Cordova, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cordova, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47J-2A
- Registration
- N3073G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Anchorage Heli
- Operating rule
- Contract Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Charter Passg-Domestic
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 2-1050
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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.
Read the full NTSB narrative
FLEW OVER MTS WHEN FLT PATH TO DESTINATION COULDHAVE BEEN FLOWN OVER WATER.STRUCK MT, AT NITE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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