- Date
- August 23, 1981
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N392EHBell 212
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810823051089A
- Case key
- 123661
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3655 81/8/23 NR.KENAI,AK BELL 212 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 9500 TIME - 2304 N392EH PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1150 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KENAI,AK RETURN OIL PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMP,FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SPLINES OF NO 1 ENG FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT,PN 02-14910-01, WORN.FLOATS POPPED OUT FM IMPACT.CO PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N392EH
- Reported as
- Bell 212
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.