Petroleum Heli accidents

The NTSB database holds 139 accidents and incidents involving Petroleum Heli, recorded between 1964 to 1981. 34 of them were fatal (24%), and 97 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 18 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (62 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Bell 206, Bell 47 and Bell 204.

Most of these records are from United States, Other-International Waters and Atlantic Ocean North Lat..

139 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

139

Records

Fatal

Deaths

24%

Share fatal

1964 to 1981

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 139 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 34

1970s 87

1980s 18

Aircraft types involved

Bell 206 53 Bell 47 37 Bell 204 6 Hughes 369 6 Bell 212 5 Bell 205 4

Where these happened

United States 114 Other-International Waters 13 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 7 South America 3 Africa 1 Central America 1

All 139 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Jun 1979	Bell 206B N14852	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
21 May 1979	Bolkow B0105C N90755	Galveston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
16 May 1979	Bell 206B N16859	Goberador, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
28 Apr 1979	Bell 206L N16779	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
26 Dec 1978	Bell 206B N90115	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1978	Aerospatial AS350C N9001P	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
2 Dec 1978	Bell 212 N16982	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
20 Sep 1978	Bell 206B N83133	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
20 Sep 1978	Bell 206B N59600	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
11 Sep 1978	Bolkow BO-105 N46977	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
9 May 1978	Bell 206B3 N16873	Westwater, Utah, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
11 Jan 1978	Bell 206B N8178J	Venice, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
20 Jun 1977	Bolkow BO-105 N152BB	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1976	Bell 206B N49667	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1976	Hughes 369 N9125F	Intrcostl City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
25 Jul 1976	Bolkow BO-105 N90656	Rockport, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
15 Jul 1976	Bell 206B N8176J	Berwick, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
18 Mar 1976	Bell 206B N7849S	Gobernador, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1975	Bell 206B N7847S	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1975	Bell 206B N83134	Pecan Island, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
15 Sep 1975	Hughes 369HS N9088F	Venice, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
20 Aug 1975	Bell 47G-4A N4003G	Leeville, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1975	Bell 206B N4710R	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
9 Apr 1975	Bell 206B N4444S	Gobernador, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
4 Apr 1975	Bell 206B N59621	Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
23 Mar 1975	Bell 206B N6283N	Ojito, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
9 Mar 1975	Bell 206B N14849	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1975	Bell 206B N59507	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
30 Nov 1974	Bell 47G-4A N7848S	Venice, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
9 Aug 1974	Bell 206B N4111G	Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1973	Bell 47G-4A N6234N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
14 Dec 1973	Bell 47G-4A N6246N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
29 Nov 1973	Bell 212 N83235	Ehib 370 Gulf Mex, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	-
20 Nov 1973	Bell 206B N7904J	Intrcstl Cty, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
13 Nov 1973	Bell 206B N2929W	Intracstl Cty, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
15 Sep 1973	Bell 206B N83157	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
28 Jul 1973	Bell 206 N8162J	Dhahran, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1973	Hughes 369HS N9031F	Point la Hache, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1973	Bell 47G-4A N1445W	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
2 Feb 1973	Bell 206B N7065J	Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
10 Nov 1972	Bell 47G-4A N4708R	Dulac, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
8 Aug 1972	S N I A S SA316B N5957	St.martinville, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
15 Jul 1972	Bell 206A N7944S	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
30 Apr 1972	Hughes 369HS N9071F	Lafayette, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
25 Oct 1971	Bell 206A N7020J	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
18 Sep 1971	Bell 47G4A N4708R	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1971	Bell 47G-4A N7930S	Carlisle, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
14 Jul 1971	Bell 47G4A N4708R	Morgan City, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1971	Bell 205A-1 N4771R	Costa Rica, Central America no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
9 Jun 1971	Bell 206A N6217N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-