- Date
- November 3, 1968
- Place
- Hamlin, WV · HAMLIN, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N504Sud SE3130
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3393 68/11/3 HAMLIN,W VA SUD SE3130 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 8500 TIME - 1340 N504 PX- 0 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMLIN-MAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LDG IN FOOTBALL FIELD.APPROX 50 FT ALT BACKED UP TO AVOID WIRES,STRUCK POLE.FAILED TO CHECK AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N504
- Reported as
- Sud SE3130
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hamlin-Main
N504Registration cancelled Jun 19, 1970 · Sud SE3130 ALOUETTE IIAirframe modelSud SE3130 ALOUETTE II
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.