Plane Crash List

Bell 206L N278KA

17 September 1988 · Lihue, Hawaii, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 September 1988 at about 01:10 local time, a Bell 206L registered N278KA, operated by Kenai Air of Hawaii Inc, was involved in an accident near Lihue, Hawaii, United States. 7 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 01:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Lihue, Hawaii, United States
Nearest airport
Lihue (LIH)
Coordinates
21.9693, -159.3504
Aircraft
Bell 206L
Registration
N278KA
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Kenai Air of Hawaii Inc
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX88LA325

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
7 0 0 0 7

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

DURING A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE AUDIO AND LIGHT FOR LOW RPM SOUNDED AND ILLUMINATED. THE HELICOPTER WAS AUTOROTATED. IT INITIALLY BOUNCED WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN LANDED HARD. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND PLACED ON A TEST CELL. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS EXCLUDING THE SEAL VENT PRESSURE, WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. AFTER CHANGING THE VENT ORIFICE FROM A NO. 2 TO A NO. 4 THE DISCREPANCY WAS CORRECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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