ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366515
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 July 1990 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B |
| Owner/operator: | Rogers Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N2292W |
| MSN: | 505 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8234 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Quincy, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Storrie, CA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A HELICOPTER AERIAL SURVEY AND WAS CRUISING AT 400 FT AGL IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHEN THE ENGINE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, SUSTAINED A FLAME OUT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED AN AUTOROTATION AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A SUITABLE LANDING AREA. ON FINAL APPROACH HE OBSERVED A STEEL CABLE TRAVERSING THE LANDING SITE DIRECTLY IN THE HELICOPTER'S FLIGHT PATH. HE WAS ABLE TO FLY OVER THE CABLE BUT IN DOING SO THE MAIN ROTOR RPM DECAYED AND THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING. THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT OPERATE AT GOVERNOR POWER LEVEL ANGLES OF LESS THAN 50 DEG. AFTER BENCH TESTING THE POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR IT OPERATED NORMALLY WHEN PLACED ON THE ENGINE. TEST ENGINEERS REPORTED THAT THIS CONDITIONS, IN ALL PROBABILITY, INDICATES A CONTAMINATE LODGED IN THE POWER TURBINE GOVERNOR. IT WAS DISCLODGED DURING THE BENCH TEST.
Probable Cause: AN UNIDENTIFIED CONTAMINATE LODGED IN THE FUEL GOVERNOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90FA268
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 09:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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