- Date
- April 13, 1977
- Place
- Mcintosh, AL · MCINTOSH, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90824Aerospatle SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770413009449A
- Case key
- 152481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2536 77/4/13 MCINTOSH,AL AEROSPATLE SA315B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 6135 TIME - 0545 N90824 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCINTOSH,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 6135 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (LIQUID) KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SLING LOADED TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 150 REMARKS- ONE VALVE IN FUEL CONTROL PARTLY STUCK. BLACK FLAKES FOUND IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90824
- Reported as
- Aerospatle SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N90824Registration cancelled May 20, 2003 · Aerospatiale SA315BAirframe modelAerospatiale SA315BEngine modelTurbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB
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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.