- Date
- December 28, 1974
- Place
- Coldfoot, AK · COLDFOOT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N18842Sud Aviatn SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741228043899A
- Case key
- 144877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4204 74/12/28 COLDFOOT,ALAS SUD AVIATN SA341G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1045 N18842 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 3300 TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLDFOOT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLDFOOT,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- FLT CTLS FROZE DUE TOO LT OIL FOR SEVERE COLD TEMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18842
- Reported as
- Sud Aviatn SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coldfoot
N18842Registration cancelled Oct 28, 1983 · Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLEAirframe modelAerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE
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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.