ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360996
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Date: | Friday 10 December 1993 |
Time: | 19:00 LT |
Type: | Bell 206B-III |
Owner/operator: | Warren Smith |
Registration: | N2773R |
MSN: | 2772 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1005 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Flagstaff, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE HELICOPTER HAD EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION OF THE 'ENGINE OUT' ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT. THE PILOT CONTINUED FLYING AND MONITORED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE N2 POWER TURBINE GAUGE. DURING THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE ANNUNCIATOR AGAIN FLICKERED AND THEN STAYED ON. IN ADDITION, THE 'ENGINE OUT' HORN ALSO SOUNDED; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL. THE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT AND HORN WILL ACTIVATE IF THE N1 GAS PRODUCER FALLS BELOW 55 PERCENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING A TURN, THE N2 BEGAN DECREASING AND HE ENTERED AN AUTOROTATION. THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING. POSTACCIDENT TESTS REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE OPERATED WITHIN NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE N2 TACH GENERATOR OPERATED NORMAL. THE N1 TACH GENERATOR FAILED.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper initiation of an emergency autorotation into unsuitable terrain and subsequent hard landing and rollover. A false annunciator indication, a failure of the N1 tach generator, the pilot's continued flight with a known aircraft defect, and the pilot's improper identification of the failed N1 gauge were factors in this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX94LA075 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94LA075
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