- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Turlock, CA · TURLOCK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7326Alouette Iiib
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330007019A
- Case key
- 186564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0486 74/3/30 TURLOCK,CALIF ALOUETTE IIIB CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N7326 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 30, 4112 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 66 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURLOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURLOCK,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: COOLER,OIL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DURING HOVER FOR SLING LOAD ATTACH RPM SURGED DUE LOSS OF OIL TO GOV WHEN OIL COOLER RUPTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7326
- Reported as
- Alouette Iiib
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turlock
N7326Registration cancelled Jun 3, 1986 · Sud SA316B ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelSud SA316B ALOUETTE III
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.