- Date
- July 9, 1974
- Place
- Mt Baldy, AZ · MT BALDY, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N351FHPilatus PC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740709019929A
- Case key
- 173425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1739 74/7/9 NR.MT BALDY,ARIZ PILATUS PC-6 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1042 N351FH PX- 0 0 2 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY 35, 9199 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4950 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT BALDY AIR STRP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT BALDY,ARIZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 61 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HI ALT SHRT RWY TKOFF,WND 12-15.WND DIED ACFT SETTLED DWN SLP INTO TREES.DENS ALT ABT 12000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N351FH
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt Baldy Air Strp
N351FHRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 1974 · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2
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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.