- Date
- February 7, 1972
- Place
- Dulac, LA · DULAC, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8262S.N.I.A.S SA318C
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165074
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0560 72/2/7 DULAC,LA S.N.I.A.S SA318C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N8262 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 35, 3148 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 827 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIP SHOAL 224 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULAC,LA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- PLT REQ PLT OF PARKED SA318C N3046 TO ROTATE M/R TO PROVIDE CLNC FOR T/O.COMPANY PROC NOT AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8262
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S SA318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ship Shoal 224
N8262Registration cancelled Feb 10, 1975 · Aerospatiale SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelAerospatiale SA 318C ALOUETTE AST
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.