- Date
- January 19, 1973
- Place
- Clarkston, WA · CLARKSTON, WA
- Injuries
- 6 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9703Alouette III
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730119000429A
- Case key
- 169896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0368 73/1/19 NR.CLARKSTON,WASH ALOUETTE III CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4722 TIME - 1040 N9703 PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LEWISTON,ID RETURN CLARKSTON,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TKOF FROM SLOPING TERRAIN WITH DEPRESSED R GR OLEO STRUT IN WINDS GUSTING TO 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9703
- Reported as
- Alouette III
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9703Registration cancelled Jan 23, 1975 · Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelAerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III
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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.