- Date
- December 31, 1970
- Place
- Alexandria, VA · ALEXANDRIA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N532Sud Aviatio SE3130
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2031 70/12/31 ALEXANDRIA,VA SUD AVIATIO SE3130 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 11000 TIME - 0840 N532 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDRIA,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: IMPELLER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT AT 50FT HOVER AT ENG FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N532
- Reported as
- Sud Aviatio SE3130
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N532Registration cancelled Feb 18, 1971 · S N I A S SE 3130 ALOUETTE IIAirframe modelS N I A S SE 3130 ALOUETTE II
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