- Date
- November 30, 1979
- Place
- Provo, UT · PROVO, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2304PAerospatial SA316B
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791130032699A
- Case key
- 133087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3256 79/11/30 NR.PROVO,UT AEROSPATIAL SA316B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6920 TIME - 1630 N2304P PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 790 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ELECTRICAL SHORT IN TWO-THIRDS MICROSWITCH CAUSED FUEL TO BE SHUT OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2304P
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.