Accident MBB Bo 105C N149BB,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 5395
 
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Date:Sunday 13 June 1976
Time:16:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic B105 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MBB Bo 105C
Owner/operator:Petroleum Helicopters (PHI)
Registration: N149BB
MSN: S-49
Year of manufacture:1972
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Intracoastal, LA -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Intracoastal, LA
Destination airport:Gulf of Mexico
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ditched after main rotor inertia weights separated and hit tail rotor blade.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW76AF101
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 7 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=54209&key=0

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
20-Aug-2010 05:04 TB Updated [Operator, Other fatalities]
21-Dec-2011 19:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Oct-2012 01:57 TB Updated [Source]
22-Oct-2012 02:38 TB Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
22-Oct-2012 03:12 TB Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2013 14:11 TB Updated [Damage]

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