- Date
- November 22, 1980
- Place
- Waxahachie, TX · WAXAHACHIE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8TVAerospatle AS350
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801122086669A
- Case key
- 127885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3260 80/11/22 WAXAHACHIE,TX AEROSPATLE AS350 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3307 TIME - 1820 N8TV PX- 2 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 398 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 250 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CORP ACFT PAX OPN W CONTRACT PLT.ACFT NOT CERTIFIED FOR INSTRUMENT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8TV
- Reported as
- Aerospatle AS350
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8TVRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 1981 · S N I A S AS350D ASTARAirframe modelS N I A S AS350D ASTAR
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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