- Date
- October 1, 1973
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8452Sudaviation SA318C
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731001036349A
- Case key
- 188020
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3599 73/10/1 NR.KENAI,ALAS SUDAVIATION SA318C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1950 N8452 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY 28, 2205 TOTAL HOURS, 136 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENAI,ALAS SS PHILADELPHIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- CO.FLT PLAN VFR. DRK NIGHT NO HORIZ REF SPARSE LTG IN AREA. HIT WATER CONT FLT TO DEST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8452
- Reported as
- Sudaviation SA318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8452Registration cancelled Nov 5, 2013 · S N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelS N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTEngine modelTurbomeca ASTAZOU IIA
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.