- Date
- April 26, 1979
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX · SABINE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90049Aerospatile SA365C
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790426013669A
- Case key
- 135534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2620 79/4/26 NR.SABINE PASS,TX AEROSPATILE SA365C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4304 TIME - 1600 N90049 PX- 0 1 7 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SABINE PASS,TX GULF OF MEXICO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FENESTRON GEARBOX SUPPORT RING FAILED.EMERG PROC FOR LOSS OF YAW CNTL ON SKID EQPD ACFT NOT PRVDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90049
- Reported as
- Aerospatile SA365C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N90049Registration cancelled Nov 22, 1983 · Aerospatiale SA-365C "DAUPHIN"Airframe modelAerospatiale SA-365C "DAUPHIN"
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.