- Date
- March 12, 1973
- Place
- Kamuela, HI · KAMUELA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N65180S.N.I.A.S. SA318C
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730312007869A
- Case key
- 170293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0744 73/3/12 KAMUELA,HAWAII S.N.I.A.S. SA318C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 7500 TIME - 1900 N65180 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEMOLE,HAWAII WAIMEA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS SMOKE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- IFR COND DUE SMOKE FROM RANGE FIRE,GRND FOG AND DUSK. PLT TURNED ON LDG LTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65180
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S. SA318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.