Aerospatial AS350 N3602V
3 September 1980 · Patterson, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 September 1980 at about 09:45 local time, a Aerospatial AS350 registered N3602V, operated by Energy Helicop, was involved in an accident during in flight near Patterson, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Patterson, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Aerospatial AS350
- Registration
- N3602V
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Energy Helicop
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Platform 384 → Patterson, la
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3692
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
NO.2 BEARING.ONE FLOAT ACTIVATED ELECTRICALLY.PLT HAD TO SWIM INTO HELO TO ACTIVATE OTR MANUALLY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Aerospatial AS350 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 1981 | Aerospatial AS350 | Port Arthur, Texas, United States | Bristow Offsho | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |