- Date
- December 14, 1978
- Place
- Ogden, UT · OGDEN, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8622Aerospatial SA316B
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19781214044899A
- Case key
- 80134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4206 78/12/14 NR.OGDEN,UT AEROSPATIAL SA316B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4607 TIME - 0705 N8622 PX- 0 2 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 708 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMOCO OIL PLATFORM AMOCO SHORE BASE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8622
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.