ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 4803
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1964 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial |
| Registration: | N994B |
| MSN: | 1322 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Isle, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Grand Isle | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the sea off Grand Isle, Lousiana, whilst attempting to land on a oil drilling rig heliicopter platform, in high cross winds. Per NTSB report 'overshot, hard landing, PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING - OPERATED CARELESSLY, SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND'
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=228&key=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Oct-2011 09:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2014 17:58 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 06-Jan-2016 16:54 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 27-Jan-2016 19:46 | JINX | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
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