Arrow Falcon Exporters ARROW F OH-58A N331TA
5 November 2005 · West Memphis, Arkansas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 November 2005 at about 14:50 local time, a Arrow Falcon Exporters ARROW F OH-58A registered N331TA, operated by Lee Catt Construction Company Inc., was involved in an accident near West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- West Memphis, Arkansas, United States
- Coordinates
- 34.9992, -90.3725
- Aircraft
- Arrow Falcon Exporters ARROW F OH-58A
- Registration
- N331TA
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Lee Catt Construction Company Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Marion → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DFW06LA027
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a disconnected pneumatic (Pc) line. A contributing factor was the ravine.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The wreckage of the single-engine turbine-powered helicopter was found 3 days after the accident in a ravine separating two cultivated fields. There were no reported eye-witnesses to the accident and no distress calls were received from the aircraft. Damage to the main and tail rotor were found to be consistent with low rotor RPM at the time of impact. The 1,050-hour private pilot appeared to have experienced a loss of engine power. Examination of the engine revealed an engine pneumatic (Pc) line from the governor to the fuel control unit was found detached from its mounting location. The associated "B-nut" and ferrule which connect the Pc line to the threaded mounting port on the fuel control unit had backed off from their normally installed locations. Complete separation of a Pc pneumatic tube will result in reduced fuel flow to a sub-idle condition. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area at the time of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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