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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 1978 |
| Time: | 13:10 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Helicopters |
| Registration: | N59562 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ketchikan, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Willard Inlet, Ak |
| Return | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
HELIPAD ON STERN OF VESSEL.ACFT HOVERED R TO CLEAR SHIP.TIEDOWN RINGS EXTEND ABOVE PAD SURFACE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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