ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31153
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Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1996 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
Owner/operator: | Alabama Department of Public Safety |
Registration: | N160SA |
MSN: | 40837 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9501 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wetumpka Airport, Wetumpka, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Wetumpka Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 08A) Wetumpka, Alabama |
Destination airport: | Wetumpka Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 08A) Wetumpka, Alabama |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-US Army Aviation as 70-15286 (c/n 40837); to civil registry as N160SA Jun 1996. Rolled over on takeoff at Wetumpka, Alabama, September 3, 1996. No injuries.
According to the NTSB report into the accident:
"The student pilot was attempting a takeoff to a hover from soft terrain. The left skid came off the ground, and the helicopter started to roll to the right. The main rotor blades collided with the ground, as the student pilot applied full left cyclic and lowered the collective pitch to the full down position".
Sources:
1.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1970.html 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=160SA 3. NTSB: MIA96TA221
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Apr-2015 22:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
08-Nov-2022 02:08 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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