- Date
- August 26, 1972
- Place
- Ojai, CA · OJAI, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8119JBell 205-A1
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2890 72/8/26 OJAI,CALIF BELL 205-A1 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3347 TIME - 1441 N8119J PX- 5 4 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 718 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LION CAMP,CALIF HINES PEAK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 NONE 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG MALFUNCTION RESULTED IN COMPRESSOR STALL. CRASHED ON STEEP CANYON WALL. FLT TO FIRE LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8119J
- Reported as
- Bell 205-A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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