Bell 206B N59621
4 April 1975 · Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 4 April 1975 at about 06:30 local time, a Bell 206B registered N59621, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 06:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Continental
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N59621
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Petroleum Heli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Cameron, la → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1304
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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
GUSTING TO 20K. HIT KNOWN PWR LINES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 18 Sep 1975 | Bell 206A | Baranof, Alaska, United States | ERA Helicopter | No injuries | - |
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| 14 Jan 1975 | Bell 206B | Glendale, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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