ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371309
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Date: | Monday 4 April 1988 |
Time: | 14:58 LT |
Type: | Hiller UH-12D |
Owner/operator: | West Farm Air Inc. |
Registration: | N646JS |
MSN: | 1299 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4010 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING VO-540-C2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bakersfield, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Huron, CA (3CA4) |
Destination airport: | Lancaster, CA (KWJF) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERED WEATHER WHILE ENROUTE TO ITS DEST AND DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT. IT OVERFLEW THE ALTERNATE AND, AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION, CRASHED DURING AN AUTOROTATIVE FORCED LANDING.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX88LA153 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX88LA153
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