ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37476
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Date: | Wednesday 28 August 1991 |
Time: | 23:59 |
Type: | Aérospatiale AS 350B1 |
Owner/operator: | Bohemia Inc |
Registration: | N64SF |
MSN: | 2148 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Walton, Lane County, Oregon -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Departure airport: | Eugene, Oregon (EUG/KEUG) |
Destination airport: | Eugene, Oregon (EUG/KEUG) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A NIGHT MEDIVAC/AIR AMBULANCE SORTIE FROM THE SACRED HEART HOSPITAL AT EUGENE, OREGON ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 29-29 1991.
WHILE MANEUVERING IN REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, ON A DARK NIGHT, WITH LIGHT DRIZZLE AND PATCHY CLOUDS, THE HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAIN. THE WRECKAGE SCATTERED ON A HEADING OPPOSITE THE FLIGHTS DESTINATION. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY A POST CRASH FIRE AND THERE WERE NO NOTED MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS.
CAUSE: CFIT [CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN]. THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN.
THE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD WHO WERE KILLED WERE:
Charles Floyd, Patient
Donald Arnold, Flight Medic
Daniel Murphy, Pilot
Sources:
1. NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X17975 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=64SF 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/or/N64SF/ 4.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=11542 5.
http://aircrashed.com/aircraft/aSEA91FA223.shtml 6.
http://alecbuck.com/crew-memorial/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Jul-2014 21:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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