Helicom SAH100 N828Z

11 October 1968 · Finleyville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 October 1968 at about 17:45 local time, a Helicom SAH100 registered N828Z was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Finleyville, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 October 1968 at 17:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Finleyville, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Finleyville
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Helicom SAH100
Registration: N828Z
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3699

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT WAS TEACHING HIMSELF TO FLY HOME-BUILT ACFT.ROTORCFT-M/R NOT BALANCED CORDWISE DURING ASSEMBLY

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3699, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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