- Date
- November 20, 1981
- Place
- Cokeville, WY · COKEVILLE, WY
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4261EAerospatial SA316B
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811120074669A
- Case key
- 122661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3635 81/11/20 NR.COKEVILLE,WY AEROSPATIAL SA316B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6020 TIME - 0730 N4261E PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 505 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COKEVILLE,WY COKEVILLE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR OTHER REMARKS- WND GUSTS TO 20 KTS.D/A APPROX 9500FT.PLT STTD APP FAST,APPROX 50-100FT UP LIFT DISAPPEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4261E
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.