- Date
- September 28, 1970
- Place
- Glendora, CA · GLENDORA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2355Alouette II
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4598 70/9/28 NR.GLENDORA,CALIF ALOUETTE II CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1549 N2355 PX- 4 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY 24, 3390 TOTAL HOURS, 60 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RINCON RANGER STA. FIRE LINE HELIPAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OVRLOADED.COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURRED.PLT HAD 30MIN CKOUT IN TYPE ACFT.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .08PCT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2355
- Reported as
- Alouette II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2355Registration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Sud SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelSud SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTEngine modelTurbomeca ASTAZOU IIA
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