19960715047049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell UH-1H · Manchester, NH · July 15, 1996

Date
July 15, 1996 · 05:45 local
Place
Manchester, NH
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4391W
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD96LA117

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.

(-16) Item (1) pilot reported losing the glideslope signal and receiving an erratic localizer signal when approximately 100 ft above decision height on the ILS to rwy 35. Subsequent inspection of the ILS equipment showed the glideslope equipment of be out of service. Electrical storm activity had disabled the ILS monitoring equipment on the evening prior to the accident. ILS monitoring equipment was out of service at the time of the accident. Item (4) the aircraft struck a lightpole while executing the missed approach procedure. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-16) ITEM (1) PILOT REPORTED LOSING THE GLIDESLOPE SIGNAL AND RECEIVING AN ERRATIC LOCALIZER SIGNAL WHEN APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ABOVE DECISION HEIGHT ON THE ILS TO RWY 35. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ILS EQUIPMENT SHOWED THE GLIDESLOPE EQUIPMENT OF BE OUT OF SERVICE. ELECTRICAL STORM ACTIVITY HAD DISABLED THE ILS MONITORING EQUIPMENT ON THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ILS MONITORING EQUIPMENT WAS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ITEM (4) THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIGHTPOLE WHILE EXECUTING THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.