ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42598
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Date: | Sunday 8 August 1982 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Type: | Bell 47G-3B-L |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N8529F |
MSN: | 3386 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4079 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING TVO-435 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kaycee, WY -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Outlaw Canyon, WY |
Destination airport: | Outlaw Canyon, WY |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS HAVING COOLING FAN PROBLEMS, SOME BLADES HAD BROKEN. HE LANDED IN A CANYON STAYED OVERNIGHT TO COOL ENGINE AND PLANNED TO FLY TO TOP OF THE CANYON TO GET REPAIRS. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE HELICOPTER HAD CLIMBED ALMOST LEVEL WITH THE TOP OF THE CANYON WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE HELICOPTER HIT THE TOPS OF 3 TREES, THEN CRASHED ON ITS TOP. AN EXAMINATION OF THE COOLING FAN REVEALED THAT IT WAS WORN, HAD REWORKED PARTS, CONTAINED INCORRECT PARTS, AND 13 FATIQUE CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE FAN. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X03218
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
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21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
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Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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