- Date
- October 11, 1968
- Place
- Finleyville, PA · FINLEYVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N828ZHelicom SAH100
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3699 68/10/11 FINLEYVILLE,PA HELICOM SAH100 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 795 TIME - 1745 N828Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINLEYVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-M/R NOT BALANCED CORDWISE DURING ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT WAS TEACHING HIMSELF TO FLY HOME-BUILT ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N828Z
- Reported as
- Helicom SAH100
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Finleyville
N828ZRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Commuter Junior HELICOPTERAirframe modelCommuter Junior HELICOPTEREngine modelContinental C85 series
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