S N I A S SA330J N4730S
8 December 1977 · Intracstl City, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 December 1977 at about 12:00 local time, a S N I A S SA330J registered N4730S, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Intracstl City, Louisiana, United States. 19 people were on board and 17 died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Intracstl City, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- S N I A S SA330J
- Registration
- N4730S
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Petroleum Heli
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Intracoastal City, la → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3861
People
17 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 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
COLLIDED WITH CRANE CABLE. CRANE OPR FAILED TO PARK CRANE BOOM IN STOWED POSITION. WIND GUST 30K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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