- Date
- April 10, 1976
- Place
- Gilbertsville, PA · GILBERTSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9550AHelio Acft HST550
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760410005649A
- Case key
- 152968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0719 76/4/10 GILBERTSVILLE,PA HELIO ACFT HST550 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4735 TIME - 1730 N9550A PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW HANOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILBERTSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT WAS DSCNDG AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE BFR FLAME OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9550A
- Reported as
- Helio Acft HST550
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Hanover
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.