ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364842
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 July 1991 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS350B |
| Owner/operator: | Papillon Airways, Inc. |
| Registration: | N766MP |
| MSN: | 1301 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6959 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca ARRIEL 1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kahului, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kahului, HI (OGG) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE SIGHTSEEING HELICOPTER LANDED HARD DURING AN AUTOROTATION TO SLOPING TERRAIN AFTER EXPERIENCING A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND 2 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANKS. AFTERWARDS, FUEL WAS ADDED AND THE ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY WITH NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS NOTED. THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION SYSTEM REVEALED A MALFUNCTION OF THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE CRASH.
Probable Cause: A NON-MECHANICAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING BY THE PILOT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL LOW LEVEL INDICATION SYSTEM.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA339
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 February 1994 | N766MP | Papillon Hawaiian Helicopters | 0 | between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawaii, HI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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