Bell 47G-2 N8403E
5 August 1969 · Ngara Fall, Canada · Fatal
Summary
On 5 August 1969 at about 14:40 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N8403E, operated by Prior Aviation, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ngara Fall, Canada. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ngara Fall, Canada
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-2
- Registration
- N8403E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Prior Aviation
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 6-0066
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 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
INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF CANADA.SANK IN RIVER.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172D | Couts, Canada | W.h.flyers Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1969 | Lockheed 18-56 | Port Hardy, Canada | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Cessna 185 | Nimpo Lake, Canada | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jun 1969 | Mooney M20G | Labariere, Canada | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Bowmanville, Canada | Pryor Aviation | Fatal | 2 |
| 22 May 1969 | Cessna 195 | Flat Lake, Canada | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |