- Date
- February 3, 1979
- Place
- Salt Flat, TX · SALT FLAT, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49556Aerospatial 350C
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790203002099A
- Case key
- 137743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0167 79/2/3 NR.SALT FLAT,TX AEROSPATIAL 350C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 5000 TIME - 1430 N49556 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,NM MIDLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49556
- Reported as
- Aerospatial 350C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N49556Registration cancelled Dec 6, 1990 · S N I A S AS350D ASTARAirframe modelS N I A S AS350D ASTAR
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N49556 · 1
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