- Date
- May 21, 1971
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8267S.N.I.A.S. SA318C
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1661 71/5/21 GRAND ISLE,LA S.N.I.A.S. SA318C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 14200 TIME - 0705 N8267 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 316 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OIL COOLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LEAKS FND IN OIL COOLER TUBES CAUSED BY CORROSION.UNBAL FUEL RATIO CAUSED COMPRSR STALL,PWR LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8267
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S. SA318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8267Registration cancelled Oct 1, 1974 · Aerospatiale SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelAerospatiale SA 318C ALOUETTE AST
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.