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Bell HTL-5 accident history

Complete safety record for the Bell HTL-5, sourced from NTSB records, news reports, and official investigation authorities.

Total incidents
1
Confirmed fatalities
1
Fatal incidents
1
Fatal rate
100.0%
Probable causes
Weather1 incident
Where incidents occurred
🇦🇶Antarctica
1 incident
Why these are filed here

Airframes built under licence by Agusta in Italy, Westland in the United Kingdom and Fuji in Japan carry their own serial ranges and are filed separately, under Agusta-Bell, Westland-Bell and Fuji-Bell. Surplus US military airframes rebuilt by third parties are filed under Bell, since the type is unchanged.

How many HTL-5 crashes have there been?

1 recorded incident involving the Bell HTL-5, from 1955 to 1955, with 1 deathacross 1 fatal accident. The deadliest was on 1955-01-22 at Kainan Bay, near Little America, Antarctica, which killed 1.

What causes HTL-5 accidents?

The most common established cause is weather, in 1 of them.

Where do HTL-5 accidents happen?

DateLocationFatalities
1955-01-22🇦🇶Kainan Bay, near Little America, Antarctica1
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