- Date
- February 6, 1978
- Place
- Clearwater, WA · CLEARWATER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8453S.N.I.A.S. SA3180
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780206006719A
- Case key
- 143253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0550 78/2/6 CLEARWATER,WA S.N.I.A.S. SA3180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 9015 TIME - 1340 N8453 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLING LOAD,CEDAR BLOCKS. EVIDENCE OF HOT STARTS & EXCEEDING EGT. HIT STUMPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8453
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S. SA3180
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8453Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · S N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelS N I A S SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTEngine modelTurbomeca ASTAZOU IIA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.