Alouette II N2355

28 September 1970 · Glendora, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 28 September 1970 at about 15:49 local time, a Alouette II registered N2355, operated by Western Helico, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Glendora, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 September 1970 at 15:49
Classification: Accident
Location: Glendora, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Alouette II
Registration: N2355
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Western Helico
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Fire Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Rincon Ranger Sta. → Fire Line Helipad
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4598

People

5 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	5	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT OVRLOADED.COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURRED.PLT HAD30MIN CKOUT IN TYPE ACFT.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .08PCT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4598, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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