Accident · 2000-10-16

NTSB case MIA01FA006 · Aerospatiale AS-355-F2 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2000-10-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Aerospatiale AS-355-F2 (N355DU)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: CORPORATE JETS INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CORPORATE JETS, INC.

Probable cause

The mechanics failure to comply with manufacturers instructions for correction of a illuminated main rotor gearbox oil pressure warning light resulting in the helicopter being dispatched on a ferry flight with a failed main rotor gearbox oil pump, failure of the main rotor gearbox combining gearbox gears due to oil starvation, loss of main rotor RPM, and the helicopter colliding with trees and the ground during an uncontrolled descent.

Source: NTSB case MIA01FA006

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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