Bell 206B N49669
11 December 1976 · Morgan City, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 December 1976 at about 08:56 local time, a Bell 206B registered N49669, operated by Petroleum Hlpt, was involved in an accident during static near Morgan City, 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 08:56
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Morgan City, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ship Shoal 168A
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 206B
- Registration
- N49669
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Petroleum Hlpt
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Static
- Route
- S → Ship Shoal 154
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3870
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
TENSION TORSION STRAP SEPARATED
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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