- Date
- May 11, 1978
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5954S.N.I.A.S. SA316B
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780511016029A
- Case key
- 142029
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1825 78/5/11 PORTLAND,OR S.N.I.A.S. SA316B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1844 N5954 PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION 33, 3702 TOTAL HOURS, 466 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOSPITAL PAD PORTLAND ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: COMPRESSOR STALLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FRONT COMPRESSOR BEARING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5954
- Reported as
- S.N.I.A.S. SA316B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5954Registration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Sud SA316B ALOUETTE IIIAirframe modelSud SA316B ALOUETTE IIIEngine modelTurbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB
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.