Some FACTS. Both preliminary reports are at;
http://origin.www.faa.gov/data_stati...a/J_1231_N.txt
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 211EL Make/Model: B206 Description: BELL 206B HELICOPTER
Date: 12/29/2007 Time: 2350
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
City: NEW ORLEANS State: LA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
N211EL, A BELL 206L-1 ROTORCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, THERE WERE FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, ONE WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND TWO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, LOCATED 65 MILES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 4 Fat: 1 Ser: 1 Min: 2 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: NOT REPORTED
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA (SW03) Entry date: 12/31/2007