Bell 206A N1479W
15 December 1969 · Grnd Canyon, Arizona, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 15 December 1969 at about 13:55 local time, a Bell 206A registered N1479W, operated by Halvorson-Lent, was involved in an accident during in flight near Grnd Canyon, Arizona, 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 13:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grnd Canyon, Arizona, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206A
- Registration
- N1479W
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Halvorson-Lent
- Operating rule
- Contract Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Construction Work
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Bright Angel Ck, Ariz → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3789
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
EXTERNAL LOAD CARGO CABLE HANGING FREE HIT T/R.CABLES WERE ORDERED SECURED DURG FLT AFT THIS ACDNT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 1969 | Bell 206A | Springfield, Ohio, United States | Bell Helicopte | Serious injuries | - |
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| 7 Oct 1969 | Bell 206A | Morgan City, Louisiana, United States | Tide Helicopte | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 1969 | Bell 206A | Clintwood, Virginia, United States | Penn-Virginia | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Jan 1969 | Bell 206A | Stockton, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jun 1969 | Bell 206A | Tonopah, Nevada, United States | Intermountain | No injuries | - |
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| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |