19831229075519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Wasilla, AK · December 29, 1983

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Date: December 29, 1983 · 07:30 local
Place: Wasilla, AK
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ALBA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1078N
Reported as: Bell 206L1
Reported engine: Allison 250C28B
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,600 total2,415 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

N1078NRegistered now · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45389 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250 SER 317HPTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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Engine failed on climbout. Hard landing severed tailboom. First stage turbine wheel had failed from hot starts.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. HARD LANDING SEVERED TAILBOOM. FIRST STAGE TURBINE WHEEL HAD FAILED FROM HOT STARTS.

Other reports on N1078N · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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