- Date
- August 26, 1968
- Place
- Azuza, CA · AZUZA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17030Alouette III
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3492 68/8/26 NR.AZUZA,CALIF ALOUETTE III CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N17030 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 48, 4600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD REMARKS- SLING LOAD BUCKET BEGAN SWINGING,WAS DROPPED,ACFT ROTATED TO RT,FIRE COMING FROM ENG,FELL TO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17030
- Reported as
- Alouette III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N17030Registration cancelled Dec 30, 1970 · Sud SE3160 ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelSud SE3160 ALOUETTE III
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