- Date
- October 6, 1978
- Place
- Patoutville, LA · PATOUTVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-ODIYAerospatial SA 350
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0016 78/10/6 PATOUTVILLE,LA AEROSPATIAL SA 350 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3638 TIME - 0840 F-ODIY PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA PATOUTVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR FREQUENCY ADAPTER,PN 704A33640016,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-ODIY
- Reported as
- Aerospatial SA 350
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage