41.0238° N, 73.7510° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of White Plains, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 23, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N869
Reported as
Aerosp SA341G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Helicoptor collapsed while parked on landing platform. Skid failed at a 5 inch crack at the skid attach point.
As the FAA filed it
HELICOPTOR COLLAPSED WHILE PARKED ON LANDING PLATFORM. SKID FAILED AT A 5 INCH CRACK AT THE SKID ATTACH POINT.