- Date
- November 26, 1981
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57397Bell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811126089739I
- Case key
- 122731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0063 81/11/26 NR.AVALON,CA BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, TIME - 0910 N57397 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN PEDRO, CA AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: MAGNETIC PLUG SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- FND FAILURE OF 2 1/2 ENG BRG & OPEN IN ELEC WIRING TO UPPER MAG PLUG IN CHIP DETECTOR LGT SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57397
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
N57397Registration cancelled Mar 15, 1989 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1
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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.