- Date
- March 17, 1978
- Place
- Lasalle, CO · LASALLE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9137FHughes 500C
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780317003769A
- Case key
- 142657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0393 78/3/17 LASALLE,CO HUGHES 500C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N9137F PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE AGE 40, 6400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2453 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT COLLINS,CO LASALLE,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- EMERGENCY RESCUE.HIT WATER TOWER WHILE HOVERING WITH ONE SKID ON LADDER.WITNESSES RPTD WIND GUSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9137F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.