- Date
- September 19, 1978
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX · SABINE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9001BAerospatle AS350C
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780919038159A
- Case key
- 139248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3203 78/9/19 SABINE PASS,TX AEROSPATLE AS350C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N9001B PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 7807 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SABINE PASS,TX 180FT MOTOR VESSEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- HELIPAD LOCATED ON STERN OF BOAT WHICH WAS MOVING UP & DOWN APRX 6 TO 8FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9001B
- Reported as
- Aerospatle AS350C
- 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.