- Date
- August 9, 1972
- Place
- S.Salvador, Burkina Faso · S.SALVADOR, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7899Helio Acft H-295
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0016 72/8/9 S.SALVADOR,BAHAMA HELIO ACFT H-295 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 357 TIME - 1345 N7899 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN SALVADOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.SALVADOR,BAHAMA ROCK SOUND,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- FOR COPY OF REPORT ADDRESS REQ TO PERM SECRETARY,MINISTRY OF TOURISM,PO BOX N-3701,NASSAU,BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7899
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-295
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Salvador
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