Accident · 1994-07-14

What the record says

Event date

1994-07-14

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

AEROSPATIALE AS350D (N151BH)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

PAPILLON AIRWAYS INC Operator named in NTSB report

Operated by (per NTSB report)

PAPILLON HAWAIIAN HELICOPTERS

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE ENGINE-DRIVEN FUEL PUMP, WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF POWER, AND THE LACK OF AIRCRAFT FLOTATION EQUIPMENT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FLIGHT OVER WATER ADJACENT TO TERRAIN THAT AFFORDED NO SUITABLE FORCED LANDING SITE, AND THE LACK OF A PASSENGER BRIEFING BY THE OPERATOR ON THE LOCATION AND OPERATION OF LIFE PRESERVERS.

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.