Sud Avn SA341G N90704

15 February 1975 · San Jose, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 15 February 1975 at about 18:06 local time, a Sud Avn SA341G registered N90704, operated by JED, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near San Jose, California, United States. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 February 1975 at 18:06
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Jose Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Sud Avn SA341G
Registration: N90704
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: JED, Inc.
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-0315

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	1	3

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

TRANS COWLING RUBBED AGAINST T/R INCLINE SHAFT, RESULTING IN EVENTUAL FATIGUE FAILURE OF SHAFT.

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 3-0315, 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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