N10966
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 26, 1983Accident
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING ATTEMPT FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT POWER LOSS. SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED FAILURE OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS.
- August 7, 1982Accident
DURING A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT THE PILOT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR AND PREPARED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ENGINE RPM DECAYED AND AN AUTOROTATIVE LANDING WAS EFFECTED ON A DIRT ROAD. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FLEXED DOWNWARD, STRIKING THE TAIL BOOM AND SEPARATING IT FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THETURBINE-TO-COMPRESSOR COUPLING WAS BOUND TO THE POWER TURBINE SHAFT WHICH SLEEVES IT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF THERMAL AND MECHANICAL DISTRESS T