Bell 47G-4A N4003G
20 August 1975 · Leeville, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 August 1975 at about 15:45 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N4003G, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Leeville, Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leeville, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- S Timbalier 128-R
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-4A
- Registration
- N4003G
- 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.timbalier 151-G → S.timbalier 151-R
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2158
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
M/R FLEXED INTO TAIL BOOM.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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