- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- Brazoria, TX · BRAZORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5733ABell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907087059I
- Case key
- 122710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0053 81/9/7 BRAZORIA,TX BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 15500 TIME - 0640 N5733A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 5040 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - RUTHERFORD OIL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCOLA,TX BRAZORIA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: WHEEL TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 1ST STAGE TURB WHL,PN 6895801,FAILED FM THERMAL FATIGUE.EVIDENCE OF PREV 2300DEG OVRTEMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5733A
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Rutherford Oil
N5733ARegistration cancelled May 10, 1990 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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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.
Other investigations on N5733A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.