Bell 47G4A N1446W

16 February 1975 · Ixiamas, South America · Fatal

Summary

On 16 February 1975 at about 12:25 local time, a Bell 47G4A registered N1446W, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ixiamas, South America. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 February 1975 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Ixiamas, South America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G4A
Registration: N1446W
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Search and Rescue
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0004

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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

OPERATOR STATES HELICOPTER STRUCK BY FALLING TREE.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF BOLIVIA.

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 6-0004, 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

South America 38 Petroleum Heli 139 Bell 47G4A 20 1975 4,463

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Jul 1974	Bell 47G4A N21MP	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Metropolitanpo	Minor injuries	-
6 Sep 1974	Bell 47G4A N4034G	Canton, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Wiggins Airway	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1974	Bell 47G4A N22MP	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	DC Police	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1974	Bell 47G4A N8124J	Wayne, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
21 Dec 1973	Bell 47G4A N2247W	St Paul, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Public-Safety	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1978	Bell 47G4A N473FW	New Rochelle, New York, United States no coordinates	Island Helicop	No injuries	-

All 20 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Feb 1975	Bell 206B N4081G	Lake Anatico, South America no coordinates	Briles Wing &	Minor injuries	-
20 Feb 1975	Bell 206B N209D	Pt.villarroel, South America no coordinates	Briles Wing &	No injuries	-
18 Nov 1975	Bell 205A-1 N59438	Celtiberia, South America no coordinates	Evergreen Hele	Fatal	1
2 Feb 1975	Bell 206B N4081G	Lake Anatico, South America no coordinates	Briles Aviatio	Minor injuries	-
17 May 1974	Bellanca 300 N711BJ	S.cruz, South America no coordinates	Bellanca West	Serious injuries	-
5 Dec 1974	Douglas DC-8 N1803	Bogota, South America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 38 records in South America