- Date
- November 18, 1974
- Place
- Bear Valley, CA · BEAR VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62886Alouette SA315B
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741118037999A
- Case key
- 142523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3521 74/11/18 NR.BEAR VALLEY,CALIF ALOUETTE SA315B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6843 TIME - 1325 N62886 PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 985 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- REASON FOR OIL STARVATION TO ENGINE NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62886
- Reported as
- Alouette SA315B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.