Bell 204 N1304X

24 July 1972 · Can Tho, Asia · No injuries

Summary

On 24 July 1972 at about 09:55 local time, a Bell 204 registered N1304X, operated by Air America, I*, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Can Tho, Asia. 10 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: 24 July 1972 at 09:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Can Tho, Asia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 204
Registration: N1304X
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Air America, I*
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Nr.can Tho, S Vietnam → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0091

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
10	0	0	0	10

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

T/R BLADE & T/R GR BOX SEPRTD INFLT.AUTOROTATIONTO RICE PADDY.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION SVN GOVT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0091, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

Asia 136 Air America, I* 12 Bell 204 55 1972 4,478

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26 Sep 1972	Bell 204B N8513F	Lat Khai, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	Minor injuries	-
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3 Jul 1971	Bell 204B N1191W	Heber, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Whirl-Wide HEL	No injuries	-
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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Aug 1972	Lockheed 18 N666P	Cebu City, Asia no coordinates	A.p.i.m.e.inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Mar 1972	Beechcraft 23 N3786	Castillejos, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 1972	Douglas A-26B N4000K	Manila, Asia no coordinates	Aero Service C	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1972	Pilatus PC6CH2 N365F	Nong Kha, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1972	Pilatus PC6CH2 N359F	Bn Xieng Lom, Asia no coordinates	Air America, I*	No injuries	-
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