- Date
- February 27, 1980
- Place
- Aberdeen, WA · ABERDEEN, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5593NAerospatle 318C
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800227003719A
- Case key
- 131762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0268 80/2/27 NR.ABERDEEN,WA AEROSPATLE 318C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5800 TIME - 1430 N5593N PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 980 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WA ABERDEEN,WA 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOW FUEL WARNING SYSTEM INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5593N
- Reported as
- Aerospatle 318C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5593NRegistered now · Sud SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTAirframe modelSud SA 318C ALOUETTE ASTEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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