Bell 206A N7020J
25 October 1971 · Morgan City, Louisiana, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 25 October 1971 at about 08:05 local time, a Bell 206A registered N7020J, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Morgan City, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morgan City, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206A
- Registration
- N7020J
- 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
- Eugene Island → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3288
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
PLTS ATTENTION DVRTD BY PRSNL ON BARGE, HEL DRIFTED BACK INTO CRANE.LOSS OF DRCTNL CTL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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