- Date
- November 14, 1968
- Place
- Hampden, MA · HAMPDEN, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3523TBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4844 68/11/14 HAMPDEN,MASS BELL 206A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N3523T PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 47, 15930 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEPARATOR FRACTURE AND BEARING LOCKUP CAUSED NR 2 COMPRESSOR BEARING TO FAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3523T
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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