- Date
- June 11, 1976
- Place
- Bird Mountain, AK · BIRD MOUNTAIN, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3043Aerospatle SA318C
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760611025019A
- Case key
- 154369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1810 76/6/11 BIRD MOUNTAIN,AK AEROSPATLE SA318C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2150 TIME - 1030 N3043 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 267 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK BIRD MOUNTAIN,AK BIRD MOUNTAIN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3043
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3043Registration cancelled Jul 20, 1981 · S N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelS N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE AST
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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.