Bell 47D N234B
18 March 1970 · Venice, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 March 1970 at about 08:15 local time, a Bell 47D registered N234B, operated by Lease-A-Plane, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Venice, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Venice, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hughes
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47D
- Registration
- N234B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Lease-A-Plane
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Santa Monica, Calif → Santa Monica, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0620
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 1970 | Bell 47G-2 | Exeter, California, United States | Shasta AG, Inc | No injuries | - |
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| 18 Feb 1970 | Bell 47G-2 | Los Banos, California, United States | Rogers Helicop | No injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 1970 | Bell 47G-2 | Keystone, South Dakota, United States | Lake Line Heli | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 1970 | Bell 47G-2 | Greenfield, California, United States | Atwood Aviatio | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 1970 | Bell 47G-4A | Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States | Texas Helicopt | Minor injuries | - |
All 1,633 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |