- Date
- December 8, 1977
- Place
- Intracstl City, LA · INTRACSTL CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 17 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4730SS.N.I.A.S. SA330J
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3861 77/12/8 NR.INTRACSTL CITY,LA S.N.I.A.S. SA330J CR- 1 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1200 N4730S PX- 16 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 53, 16267 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INTRACOASTAL CITY,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 71 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH CRANE CABLE. CRANE OPR FAILED TO PARK CRANE BOOM IN STOWED POSITION. WIND GUST 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4730S
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S. SA330J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed