The pilot’s improper decision to continue flight with a low engine oil pressure warning light instead of landing immediately in accordance with the flight manual emergency checklist. Contributing to the accident was the maintenance technician’s failure to clean the rear bearing in accordance with the engine manufacturer’s guidance when replacing the 2nd-stage turbine wheel, which resulted in an obstruction of solidified oil carbon in the rear bearing chip detector housing union, subsequent oil exhaustion, and engine failure.
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2010 AMERICAN EUROCOPTER LLC AS350B2
Rotorcraft · Turbo-shaft · Standard
1 NTSB record
for this tail number, including substantial damage. See the full record below.
Registration
Airframe
Powerplant
Live Flight Status
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Transponder & Tracking
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NTSB Accident & Incident Record
Sep 20, 2013
Accident
Substantial Canton, MS
Injuries1 serious, 3 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 135
Probable Cause
NTSB ERA13LA421