Accident · 1993-05-27

NTSB case CHI93FA182 · AEROSPATIALE AS-350B · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-05-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AEROSPATIALE AS-350B (N782LF)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Rocky Mountain Helicopters Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ROCKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FAILURE OF THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE LABYRINTH SEAL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND AND TALL TREES BORDERING THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Source: NTSB case CHI93FA182

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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