Aerospatial SA330J N3596N

26 August 1980 · N Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 August 1980 at about 09:39 local time, a Aerospatial SA330J registered N3596N, operated by Petoleum Heli, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near N Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. 9 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 August 1980 at 09:39
Classification: Incident
Location: N Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States
Nearest airport: Quonset State
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aerospatial SA330J
Registration: N3596N
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 2
Operator: Petoleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: O.v.oil Rig, Atlc Ocn → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0023

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
9	0	0	0	9

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

ELEC WIRE,1XPBF, ARCED WITH HYD LINE,33075-5311-02.EMER AD ISSUED 8/29/80 REQ SECURE ELEC WIRES.

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 5-0023, 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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