Bell 206L-1 N5017F

6 May 1980 · Gibson, Louisiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 May 1980 at about 11:56 local time, a Bell 206L-1 registered N5017F, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gibson, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 May 1980 at 11:56
Classification: Accident
Location: Gibson, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Phi-Amelil Hlpt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206L-1
Registration: N5017F
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Morgan City, la → Leeville, la
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2939

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

#4 BRNG FAILED. SMK, TOXIC FUMES IN COCKPIT. TURB WHL SHRAPNEL SEVERED FUEL LNS CAUSING FIRE.

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 3-2939, 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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