Accident · 1994-10-24

NTSB case LAX95LA019 · EUROCOPTER AS-350D · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1994-10-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: EUROCOPTER AS-350D (N5771L)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

a total loss of engine power by the corrosion fatigue failure of the compressor impeller due to the failure of company maintenance personnel to perform the prescribed daily compressor wash procedures and the inadequate maintenance inspections, which failed to detect the corrosion and subsequent pitting, that led to the fatigue initiation.

Source: NTSB case LAX95LA019

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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