- Date
- December 14, 1972
- Place
- Black Mtn, NC · BLACK MTN, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N402SSikorsky S-61L
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3446 72/12/14 BLACK MTN,NC SIKORSKY S-61L CR- 0 0 4 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3384 TIME - 1145 N402S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 794 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTANBURG,SC ASHVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HELICOPTER WHEELS EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N402S
- Reported as
- Sikorsky S-61L
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage