More detail on this person: Helicopter crash
into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Grand
Chenier, LA.date died: 09-15-1983 This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Cause of death: Helicopter Crash - CFIT Day
VFR
In September 1967 CW2 Ray Champagne had
already been to Vietnam and he was assigned as
the 3rd Armored Division Commanding General's
personal pilot in Frankfurt Germany. He later was
a Helicopter Pilot for Tenneco in Houston when he
was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983.
Raymond J. Champagne and one passenger were
fatally injured in the crash of a twin engine
Bolkow BO-105 helicopter near Grand Chenier LA
on September 15 1983 at 3:15 in the afternoon.
The Houston TX based helicopter, owned and
operated by Tenneco, had departed a production rig
in the Gulf of Mexico for the 15 minute flight to
shore.
Evidence at the scene was consistent with a high
speed impact with the surface of the water,also
called "Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
The weather was VFR, seven miles visibility, and
light winds.
You can see the details of the NTSB report number
FTW83FA430 for N3456T at:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp#query_start
Then type in the date, or range of dates, and the
registration number N3456T, or the accident
number, or the location, etc.
You can also use this NTSB website to find just
about any aviation accident after the NTSB was
formed in about 1970.
From: Thomas J. Latson, Jr. "Tom"