Plane Crash List

Agusta A109-A N86NR

16 January 1981 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 16 January 1981 at about 08:00 local time, a Agusta A109-A registered N86NR, operated by Rockwell Intl, was involved in an accident during in flight near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 08:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Agusta A109-A
Registration
N86NR
Category
Helicopter
Engines
2
Operator
Rockwell Intl
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0832

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 0 0

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

#7 HANGER BEARING FAILED.PLT DID NOT CLOSE THROTTLES.BEARING CVRS NOT RQRD TO BE REMVD FOR INSPTN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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7 May 2007 Agusta A.109 MK.II
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no coordinates
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