ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365399
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| Date: | Monday 29 April 1991 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F28C |
| Owner/operator: | Randy Testman |
| Registration: | N214MM |
| MSN: | 355 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1113 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-EIAD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palm Springs, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Redlands, CA (L12) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CLIMB THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENG WAS NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. HE ALSO SMELLED FUEL WHEN THE HEATER VALVE WAS OPENED. THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE HELICOPTER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A CANYON BOTTOM COLLIDING WITH SMALL TREES. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT EXTINGUISHED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FUEL INLET LINE CONNECTOR TO THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS FOUND LOOSE. IN ADDITION, A CONNECTOR ON THE UPPER DECK MANIFOLD PRESSURE LINE ATTACHED TO THE TURBOCHARGER INDUCTION TUBE WAS FOUND LOOSE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SMELLED FUEL ON 3/30, 4/12, AND 4/28, AND REPORTED THIS TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR CORRECTION. A 100-HR INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON 4/11, 20.8 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM RESULTING IN AN ENGINE POWER LOSS AND INFLIGHT FIRE DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL CONNECTION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA188
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 December 1994 | N214MM | Scott Tingley | 0 | Cabazon, CA | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 09:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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