- Date
- June 1, 1979
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N516KAAgusta 109A
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790601012859A
- Case key
- 135815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1455 79/6/1 NEW YORK,NY AGUSTA 109A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1535 N516KA PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 32, 2175 TOTAL HOURS, 140 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAN AM HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TERENTON NJ NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE REMARKS- LDG STRUTS INFLATED TO 200 PSI.SHOULD HAVE HAD 99 PSI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N516KA
- Reported as
- Agusta 109A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pan Am Heliport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.