Aerospatial AS350D N3607S

2 June 1981 · Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 2 June 1981 at about 12:50 local time, a Aerospatial AS350D registered N3607S, operated by Petroleum Heli, was involved in an incident during in flight near Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 June 1981 at 12:50
Classification: Incident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aerospatial AS350D
Registration: N3607S
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Petroleum Heli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Freeport, Tx → Gulf of Mexico
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0042

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	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

TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE HORN, P/N 350A12-1368-01, FAILED.

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 5-0042, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Petroleum Heli 139 Aerospatial AS350D 5 1981 3,878

Other Aerospatial AS350D accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Sep 1981	Aerospatial AS350D N200HE	Lynnville, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Solar Sources	No injuries	-
4 May 1981	Aerospatial AS350D N143BH	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Bristow Offsho	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1981	Aerospatial AS350D N3605S	Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Industrial HEL	Minor injuries	-
11 Apr 1981	Aerospatial AS350D N888WR	Edmond, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Arnolds Helico	Minor injuries	-

All 5 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Feb 1981	Piper PA-32 N9637C	Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Jun 1981	Brittnorman BN-2A N28377	Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pinders Charte	Minor injuries	-
17 May 1981	Piper PA-31 N35803	Grand Cayman, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1981	Bell 206B N5006Y	Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1981	Piper PA-60 N6897X	Sebastian, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Piper Aircraft	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1981	Piper PA-23 N438SB	Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.