- Date
- February 22, 1977
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69THGazell SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770222020249A
- Case key
- 157712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0425 77/2/22 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL GAZELL SA341G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4000 TIME - 1300 N69TH PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BEACH,FL BIMINI ISLAND,BAHAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69TH
- Reported as
- Gazell SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N69THRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 1977 · Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLEAirframe modelAerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE
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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.