- Date
- August 6, 1980
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62406Aerospatle SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800806034329A
- Case key
- 129880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1527 80/8/6 GULKANA,AK AEROSPATLE SA341G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 5727 TIME - 1630 N62406 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1509 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULKANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,AK PAXTON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UN TO CLR OBSTNS AFTER OBTAINING TRANSLATIONAL LIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62406
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulkana
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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.