Bell 47G-4 N13150
3 March 1971 · Leeville, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 March 1971 at about 07:21 local time, a Bell 47G-4 registered N13150, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Leeville, Louisiana, 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 07:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leeville, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Offshore Helipad
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-4
- Registration
- N13150
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Petroleum Heli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Platform St 21-86 → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- 3-0046
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
FUNNELS AND AREAS OF TURBC ON WATER OBSD BY OTR PLTS IN AREA. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS UNRELIABLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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