Bell 206A N6260N

7 October 1972 · Whitehaven, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 October 1972 at about 20:16 local time, a Bell 206A registered N6260N, operated by Copter, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Whitehaven, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 October 1972 at 20:16
Classification: Accident
Location: Whitehaven, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206A
Registration: N6260N
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Copter, Inc.
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Philadelphia, Pa → Avoca, Pa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3004

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

OBS FOLLOWING CARS ON HIWAY IN POOR VIS. TURNED INTO FOG BANK AND HI TERRAIN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

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 3-3004, 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.

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