Bell 47J-2 N8467E
17 April 1972 · New York, New York, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 17 April 1972 at about 17:18 local time, a Bell 47J-2 registered N8467E, operated by Helaire Copter, was involved in an accident during in flight near New York, New York, United States. 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 17:18
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Nearest airport
- Downtown
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47J-2
- Registration
- N8467E
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Helaire Copter
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0050
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
FLOAT EQPD.SIGHTSEEING FLT, ENCTD TURBC, LOW RPM, BLDS FLAPPED, CTL LOST, HIT RVR IN STEEP NS DN ATT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |