ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44323
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| Date: | Friday 23 September 2005 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350BA |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-USA Airways |
| Registration: | N355NT |
| MSN: | 2053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11483 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea off Kailiu Point, near Haena, Kauai, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kauai Island/Lihue Airport, HI (LIH/PHLI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Aerospatiale AS350BA helicopter, N355NT, registered to Jan Leasing, LLC, and operated by Heli-USA Airways, of Las Vegas, Nevada, encountered adverse weather and crashed into the Pacific Ocean several hundred feet off the coast of Kailiu Point, near Haena, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. The sightseeing air tour flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 and visual flight rules with a company flight plan in effect. Localized instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity of the accident site. Three passengers were killed, and the commercial pilot and two other passengers received minor injuries. The flight departed from Lihue Airport, Lihue, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, at 1354 for the intended 45-minute tour.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to continue flight into adverse weather conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to an encounter with a microburst. Contributing to the accident was inadequate Federal Aviation Administration surveillance of Special Federal Aviation Regulation 71 operating restrictions. Contributing to the loss of life in the accident was the lack of helicopter flotation equipment.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20051003X01565&key=1
FAA register: 3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=N355NT
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 December 2000 | N355NT | 0 | HENDERSON, Nevada | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jul-2014 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2014 14:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 10:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2023 04:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 15-Mar-2024 14:42 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Accident report] |
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