Bell 206B N4020G
8 January 1974 · Venice, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 January 1974 at about 12:40 local time, a Bell 206B registered N4020G, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Venice, Louisiana, United States. 4 people were on board and one died, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Venice, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N4020G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Petroleum Heli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → W.delta Nr 79
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0124
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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
UN CONT IN FOG, ATTMPTD WATER LDG. SKIDS WITH POP-OUT FLOATS. PAX PRESUMED FATAL. WEA BRIEF BY CO.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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