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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias AS350D · Miami, FL · March 8, 1990

Date
March 8, 1990 · 11:16 local
Place
Miami, FL
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CETA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5778W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA90FA081
Reported as
Snias AS350D
Reported engine
Lycoming LTS101600A2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,878 total808 in this make and model82 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Turbine blade failure. Landed on floats. Wave overturned. Passengers drowned. Bogus blades. No raft or flares aboard

As the FAA filed it

TURBINE BLADE FAILURE. LANDED ON FLOATS. WAVE OVERTURNED. PASSENGERS DROWNED. BOGUS BLADES.NO RAFT OR FLARES ABOARD

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N5778W · 1

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