- Date
- April 11, 1981
- Place
- Edmond, OK · EDMOND, OK
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N888WRAerospatial AS350D
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 81/4/11 EDMOND,OK AEROSPATIAL AS350D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 8880 TIME - 0050 N888WR PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK GUTHRIE,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BENDIX FUEL CONTROL SPEEDER SPRING,P/N 2521724-2,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N888WR
- Reported as
- Aerospatial AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N888WRRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · S N I A S AS350D ASTARAirframe modelS N I A S AS350D ASTAREngine modelLycoming LTS-101 600A series
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.