- Date
- August 8, 1972
- Place
- St.Martinville, LA · ST.MARTINVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5957S.N.I.A.S SA316B
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4098 72/8/8 ST.MARTINVILLE,LA S.N.I.A.S SA316B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3445 TIME - 1845 N5957 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW IBERIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TRANSMISSION FAILED,CAUSED M/R SYS DMG. LND IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5957
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Iberia
N5957Registration cancelled Oct 5, 1973 · Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelAerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III
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.