- Date
- March 21, 1980
- Place
- Neosho, WI · NEOSHO, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N96244Vertol 42A
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800321007349A
- Case key
- 131488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1163 80/3/21 NEOSHO,WI VERTOL 42A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5435 TIME - 1430 N96244 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEOSHO,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED REMARKS- ATMTD TO LIFT FARM TRACTOR OUT OF LAKE.TRACTOR STILL CNCTD TO A TRAILER.1939LBS OVR MAX GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96244
- Reported as
- Vertol 42A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N96244Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Vertol H21BAirframe modelVertol H21BEngine modelWright R-1820 series
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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.