- Date
- January 30, 1976
- Place
- Circle, AK · CIRCLE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N62176S.N.A.I.S. SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760130001709A
- Case key
- 152595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0040 76/1/30 NR.CIRCLE,AK S.N.A.I.S. SA341G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1847 N62176 PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 2795 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANDIK AIRSTRIP,AK FIELD SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-LOSS OF CONTROL,REASON UNKNOWN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WEA CHNGD DRASTICALLY AFTER PLT DEPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62176
- Reported as
- S.N.A.I.S. SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N62176Registration cancelled Mar 22, 1976 · 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.