Aerospatle 330J N49496

7 May 1978 · Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 7 May 1978 at about 12:20 local time, a Aerospatle 330J registered N49496, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 5 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 May 1978 at 12:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aerospatle 330J
Registration: N49496
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Atlantic City, Nj → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2494

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	2	2	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

CRASHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN.

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 3-2494, 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.

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