ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356994
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 July 1996 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-5 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7885S |
| MSN: | 7873 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3757 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming VO-435-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lost Hills, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Lost Hills, CA |
| Shafter, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot landed to take on enough fuel to ferry the helicopter back to the home base. After liftoff at 100 to 150 feet agl he lost all engine power. A postaccident examination revealed that the carburetor air box had been installed with the wrong gasket and mispositioned so that one of four attachment bolts was missing. The gasket was partially ingested into the carburetor throat along with a foreign material determined to be a dusting product that coated the carburetor throat area through the gasket void.
Probable Cause: improper installation of the carburetor air box.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX96LA287
History of this aircraft
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| 28 July 2000 | N7885S | Soilserv, Inc. | 0 | King City, CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 13:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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