Accident · 1994-04-03

NTSB case SEA94FA096 · BELL 206B3 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1994-04-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BELL 206B3 (N27736)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: EL AERO SERVICES LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EL AERO SERVICES

Probable cause

THE INGESTION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL (SNOW) IN THE ENGINE, WHICH RESULTED IN A FLAMEOUT (LOSS OF ENGINE POWER). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS (SNOW FALLING & HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE), THE LACK OF SNOW COVERS TO PROTECT THE ENGINE INTAKES WHILE PARKED AND AWAITING FOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE, IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND THE COMPANY/OPERATOR MANAGEMENT, INADEQUATE INFORMATION IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL, AND THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

Source: NTSB case SEA94FA096

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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