- Date
- December 24, 1981
- Place
- Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico) · GULF OF MEXICO, GM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3606UAerospatle AS350D
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811224003009A
- Case key
- 123103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3348 81/12/24 GULF OF MEXICO AEROSPATLE AS350D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2704 TIME - 1122 N3606U PX- 1 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENGENE IS 250,GM INTERCOASTAL CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: FLOAT ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- R FLOAT DID NOT INFLATE WHEN PLT ELECTRICALLY ARMED & ACTUATED SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3606U
- Reported as
- Aerospatle AS350D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3606URegistration cancelled Apr 3, 1995 · 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.