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| Date: | Tuesday 4 April 1978 |
| Time: | 23:20 |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Logistics |
| Registration: | N140AL |
| MSN: | 30683 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Galveston, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
co-pilot stated aircraft appeared higher than 200ftindicated on alt while vsi read approx 1000ft/min. Crashed trying to land on ship Glomar Java Sea.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2014 08:33 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
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