ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 384395
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Date: | Saturday 15 May 1982 |
Time: | 09:00 LT |
Type: | Bell 206L-1 |
Owner/operator: | Pumpkin Air, Inc. |
Registration: | N2048X |
MSN: | 45702 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Total airframe hrs: | 498 hours |
Engine model: | Allison 250-C28B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cameron, LA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Houma, LA |
Destination airport: | West Cameron 55, GM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ENROUTE TO REFUEL THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND ELECTED TO AUTOROTATE TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD THEN BACK ON LANDING AND THE MAIN ROTOR SEVERED THE TAILBOOM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH FUEL FLOW SWITCHES WERE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE LEFT BOOST PUMP WAS INOPERATIVE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW82DA178 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW82DA178
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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