- Date
- March 31, 1981
- Place
- Conroe, TX · CONROE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N765ALSikorsky S-76
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810331013129A
- Case key
- 126505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0873 81/3/31 CONROE,TX SIKORSKY S-76 CR- 0 1 3 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1310 N765AL PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 33, 6791 TOTAL HOURS, 405 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONROE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- CFI PLACED 1 ENG INTO FLT IDLE,MFGR REC SIM ENG FAILURE USING N2 BEEP(GOVERNOR) ONLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N765AL
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-76
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montgomery County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.