- Date
- October 12, 1981
- Place
- Houma, LA · HOUMA, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5774XAerospatle AS350D
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811012066639A
- Case key
- 123324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2520 81/10/12 HOUMA,LA AEROSPATLE AS350D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 5271 TIME - 0850 N5774X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 126 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULF OF MEXICO NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AFT BEARING,PN 4-301-078-01,OF NG SPUR GEAR SHAFT,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5774X
- Reported as
- Aerospatle AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5774XRegistration cancelled May 29, 1996 · S N I A S AS350D ASTARAirframe modelS N I A S AS350D ASTAR
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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.