- Date
- September 26, 1965
- Place
- Rocky Mt., VA · ROCKY MT., VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6133SAir & Space 18A
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0922 65/9/26 ROCKY MT.VA. AIR & SPACE 18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N6133S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 40, 707 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - T.W RAKES AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ATTEMPTED JUMP TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6133S
- Reported as
- Air & Space 18A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- T.W Rakes Airport
N6133SRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 1975 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.