- Date
- October 23, 1979
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N119SFAerospatle SA341G
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1930
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791023040359A
- Case key
- 132852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3863 79/10/23 PHILADELPHIA,PA AEROSPATLE SA341G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1480 TIME - 1719 N119SF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA POTTSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119SF
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA341G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N119SFRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLEAirframe modelAerospatiale SA341G GAZELLEEngine modelTurbomeca ASTAZOU-111A
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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.