- Date
- May 14, 1980
- Place
- Greasy Creek, KY · GREASY CREEK, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N341SCAerospatle SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19800514043369I
- Case key
- 80129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0004 80/5/14 GREASY CREEK,KY AEROSPATLE SA341G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5000 TIME - 1130 N341SC PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANCHESTER,KY GREASY CREEK,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE REMARKS- PLT'S R TAIL ROTOR PEDAL,PN 341A27-5077-03,ROTD 90DEG DRG LNDG WO HYDR BOOST.LEAF SPG RIVET FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N341SC
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Private
N341SCRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 1982 · 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.