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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Dutch Harbor, AK · July 11, 1983

Date
July 11, 1983 · 16:23 local
Place
Dutch Harbor, AK
Airport
Dutch Harbor
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ERAA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N141EH
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83FA122
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,607 total1,006 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter crashed during autorotation emergency landing after engine failure. Bearing failure on turbine shaft.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING AUTOROTATION EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. BEARING FAILURE ON TURBINE SHAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.