- Date
- November 14, 1979
- Place
- Mansfield, TX · MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3596ZAerospatle AS350D
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0041 79/11/14 NR.MANSFIELD,TX AEROSPATLE AS350D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3525 TIME - 1130 N3596Z PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND PRAIRIE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO 1 BRG OIL JET OBSTD W ORGANIC MTRL.BRG VIB LED TO FAILURE OF LOCK NUT & CAP.ENG-3HRS SINCE NEW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3596Z
- Reported as
- Aerospatle AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Flying L
N3596ZRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 1998 · Aerostar International RAVEN S57-AAirframe modelAerostar International RAVEN S57-A
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.