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| Date: | Saturday 8 May 1993 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 214B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Chet Rasberry |
| Registration: | N314CR |
| MSN: | 28055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5647 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming T55-08D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thorne Bay, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE HELICOPTER WAS BEING USED TO MOVE LOGS IN A LONG-LINE LIFT OPERATION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE INCREASED COLLECTIVE TO LIFT A LOG, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER. AN AUTOROTATION WAS MADE TO A LANDING ON ROUGH, DOWNHILL TERRAIN, DOWNSLOPE FROM WHERE THE LOG WAS BEING LIFTED. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE AT THE 6TH AND 7TH STAGES OF THE N1 (GAS PRODUCER) COMPRESSOR. SELF-LOCKING NUTS (PN STD3064-4) WERE MISSING FROM 2 COMPRESSOR CASE BOLTS (PN MS9566-36), WHICH WERE LOCATED OVER A BLEED PORT, LEADING TO THE 6TH STAGE OF THE GAS PRODUCER. METALLURGICAL EXAM REVEALED NUT FRAGMENTS OF A CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, CONSISTENT WITH THE MATERIAL SPECIFIED IN STD3064-4 NUTS. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN IN OPERATION ABOUT 283 HOURS, AFTER BEING REASSEMBLED WITH A NEW COMPRESSOR SECTION.
Probable Cause: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE TO THE COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, PROBABLY DUE TO LOOSE NUTS FROM THE COMPRESSOR CASE AFTER IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (INSTALLATION) BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93FA061
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 07:04 | TB | Added |
| 21-Feb-2013 11:35 | TB | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 20-Aug-2014 21:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 14:08 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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