- Date
- January 26, 1992, 18:28 local (23:28 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101UMAerospatiale AS-355F1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920126003879I
- Case key
- 15323
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Probable cause
A fatigue failure of a fuel system line fitting during cruise flight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot of the incident helicopter performed an emergency landing after he smelled smoke and the baggage compartment fire warning/smoke detector light illuminated. A post incident inspection revealed a fatigue failure of a union joining a fuel pipe assembly to the exterior of the right (#2) engine case.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101UM
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale AS-355F1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5073
- Airframe hours
- 3,387
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20F, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Corporate Jets Inc.
- Registered owner
- Top Spin Data Corp. Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 3, 1992 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Ludington, MI
- Destination
- M132 · Ann Arbor, MI
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAN · Capital City
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,586 total · 2,366 in this make and model · 7,946 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.