- Date
- December 14, 1978
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9001PAerospatial AS350C
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781214044909A
- Case key
- 138077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4335 78/12/14 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA AEROSPATIAL AS350C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3138 TIME - 1317 N9001P PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SO.MARSH ISLAND B 61 SHIP SHOAL BLOCK 198 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ACCESSORY DRIVE ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- POP-OUT FLOATS INST ON SKIDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9001P
- Reported as
- Aerospatial AS350C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.