- Date
- September 5, 1978
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8394Aerospatle SE3160
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780905043429A
- Case key
- 138926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4378 78/9/5 PENSACOLA,FL AEROSPATLE SE3160 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1521 N8394 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY 33, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1705 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAPTIST HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FL CANTONEMENT,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8394
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SE3160
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Baptist Heliport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.