ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363979
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| Date: | Thursday 5 March 1992 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Petroleum Helicopters |
| Registration: | N41791 |
| MSN: | 51465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 835 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250C-30P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Sabine Pass #18, -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Sabine Pass, TX |
| Hi Blk#116, GM (NONE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT HAD LANDED ON AN OIL PLATFORM DUE TO POOR WEATHER WHILE EN ROUTE TO ANOTHER OFFSHORE PLATFORM. ONCE THE WEATHER HAD CLEARED, HE AND THE THREE PASSENGERS REBOARDED THE HELICOPTER. BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE THE PILOT HAD SEVERAL CONVULSIONS AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. THE PASSENGERS REMOVED HIM FROM THE COCKPIT AND ADMINISTERED CPR. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION DUE TO ACUTE CORONARY ARTERY INSUFFICIENCY.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW92IA092
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 08:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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