Plane Crash List

Aerospatiale AS-350 N39GT

20 July 1994 · Juneau, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 July 1994 at about 00:50 local time, a Aerospatiale AS-350 registered N39GT, operated by Temsco Helicopters, Inc., was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 00:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
58.5806, -134.7699
Aircraft
Aerospatiale AS-350
Registration
N39GT
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Herbert Glacier
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC94FA089

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
7 0 0 0 7

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE LANDING TERRAIN. A FACTOR WAS THE CREVASSE IN THE ICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON THE GLACIER WHERE HE NORMALLY LANDED, 'IN THE SAME TRACKS.' WHILE HE WAS LEANING OUT THE DOOR TO CHECK THE POSITION OF THE SKIDS THE HELICOPTER NOSED DOWN AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE SURFACE OF THE ICE WHICH CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO PIVOT 180 DEGREES ABOUT THE NOSE. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING AREA SHOWED A DEEP CREVASSE, IN THE AREA OF THE RIGHT SKID'S LANDING POSITION, THAT WAS FILLED WITH CLEAR WATER. THE TOE OF THE RIGHT SKID HAD NO ICE TO REST ON AND FELL INTO THE CREVASSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Aerospatiale AS-350 accidents

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13 Jan 1994 Aerospatiale AS-350
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24 Feb 1994 Aerospatiale AS-350-B
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31 May 1995 Aerospatiale AS-350-B2
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17 Aug 1990 Aerospatiale AS-350-B
N26492
Juneau, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -

All 17 records for this type

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