Accident · 2005-07-25

NTSB case ANC05LA107 · Aerospatiale AS-350BA · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2005-07-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Aerospatiale AS-350BA (N57958)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

A loss of engine power during takeoff initial climb due to the separation of the engine power turbine shaft, the failure of which was due to a disconnected adjacent leaf spring, which resulted in an emergency landing after takeoff and subsequent hard landing.

Source: NTSB case ANC05LA107

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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