# NTSB Accident LAX01LA025
> **Aerospatiale AS350BA** · 2000-10-22 · KAMUELA, HI, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01LA025
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22199
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-22
- **Location:** KAMUELA, HI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 20.039903, -155.700851
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerospatiale
- **Model:** AS350BA
- **Registration:** N12NT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the engine manufacturer's repair station personnel to install a circlip during engine overhaul, which resulted in the turbine assembly aft support bearing becoming dislodged and seized on the shaft.  A factor in the accident was the rough and uneven nature of the landing site terrain.

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