- Date
- February 21, 1978
- Place
- Rector, PA · RECTOR, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86NRAgusta 109
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780221006789A
- Case key
- 143446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0956 78/2/21 RECTOR,PA AGUSTA 109 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1200 N86NR PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 29, 7450 TOTAL HOURS, 121 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG,PA RECTOR,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PIECE OF CRUSTED SNOW WITH SOIL STRUCK T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86NR
- Reported as
- Agusta 109
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N86NR · 1
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