- Date
- October 7, 1980
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51520Raven S-50A
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801007049899A
- Case key
- 128351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2954 80/10/7 ALBUQUERQUE,NM RAVEN S-50A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 186 TIME - 0920 N51520 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SHUT OFF FUEL TO EXTINGUISH FIRE IN ONE BURNER.OTHER BURNER WOULD NOT RELIGHT.ACFT HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51520
- Reported as
- Raven S-50A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.