# Accident 19960715047049A: Bell UH-1H, Manchester, NH, July 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1996, 05:45 local time
- Place: Manchester, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9956° N, 71.4548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9956&lon=-71.4548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4391W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4391W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1H (registry code 1181407, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960715047049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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^

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD96LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA117), Jul 15, 1996: Beech A100 (N4391W), Manchester, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft during a coupled approach. A related factor was the unmonitored inoperative glide slope.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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