- Date
- March 27, 1980
- Place
- Mesquite, NV · MESQUITE, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5018LBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800327007439A
- Case key
- 131946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0657 80/3/27 NR.MESQUITE,NV BELL 206B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 7110 TIME - 1615 N5018L PX- 0 0 3 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,NV MESQUITE,NV 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: BLADE,TURBINE WHEEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TURBINE WHEEL,PN 6898753,FAILED.ONE BLADE MISSING FM 3RD STAGE TURBINE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5018L
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5018L · 1
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