- Date
- August 27, 1979
- Place
- Carsbad, NM · CARSBAD, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44JAHelicom COMM11
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790827019339A
- Case key
- 133725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3351 79/8/27 CARSBAD,NM HELICOM COMM11 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 132 TIME - 1910 N44JA PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAVERN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSBAD,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44JA
- Reported as
- Helicom COMM11
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cavern City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.