Bell 206L-1 N57494

5 December 1981 · Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 5 December 1981 at about 14:38 local time, a Bell 206L-1 registered N57494, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 4 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: 5 December 1981 at 14:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 206L-1
Registration: N57494
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: West Delta 86 Rig → South Pass 89 Rig
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3277

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

TACH GEN COUPLING SHAFT SHEARED. BEARING FAILURE. EMERG FLOAT SEPARATED AT IMPACT.

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 3-3277, 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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