Bolkow BO-105 N17235

13 August 1978 · Cameron, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 13 August 1978 at about 09:45 local time, a Bolkow BO-105 registered N17235, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Cameron, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 August 1978 at 09:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Cameron, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: E Cameron Blk 265
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bolkow BO-105
Registration: N17235
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Eugene Island Bk 206
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2857

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

OPR LEFT CRANE BOOM CABLE OUT OF NORMAL POS.ROTOR BLADES HIT CABLE BALL HOOK.

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 3-2857, 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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Other Bolkow BO-105 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Sep 1978	Bolkow BO-105 N46977	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
7 Jun 1977	Bolkow BO-105 N90754	Intracstl Cy, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Hptr	Minor injuries	-
20 Jun 1977	Bolkow BO-105 N152BB	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
10 Oct 1977	Bolkow BO-105 N90760	Intracoastal, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Hptr	Minor injuries	-
25 Jul 1976	Bolkow BO-105 N90656	Rockport, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
14 Nov 2001	Bölkow BO 105 LS N93LF	Mud Lake, Idaho, United States	-	Serious injuries	-

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