- Date
- June 22, 1977
- Place
- Jackson, WY · JACKSON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N62345Aerospatial SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1371 77/6/22 NR.JACKSON,WY AEROSPATIAL SA315B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 4944 TIME - 1215 N62345 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1391 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FUEL DEPOT RECORDER SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE MICRO SWITCH IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62345
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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