Accident · 1989-08-27

NTSB case DEN89FA202 · AEROSPATIALE AS-350D · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1989-08-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: AEROSPATIALE AS-350D (N132SH)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

OVERHEATING AND SEIZURE OF THE SWASHPLATE BEARING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE HELICOPTER AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

Source: NTSB case DEN89FA202

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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