- Date
- May 31, 1978
- Place
- Wharton, WV · WHARTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9988FAerospatial SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1902 78/5/31 WHARTON,WV AEROSPATIAL SA341G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3940 TIME - 1110 N9988F PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 868 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHARTON,WV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INCREASED COLLECTIVE TO AVOID POWER LINES DURING APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9988F
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage