# NTSB Accident MIA01FA006
> **Aerospatiale AS-355-F2** · 2000-10-17 · BURLINGTON, NC, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01FA006
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22206
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-17
- **Location:** BURLINGTON, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.079524, -79.440948
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerospatiale
- **Model:** AS-355-F2
- **Registration:** N355DU
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NBRT
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The mechanics failure to comply with manufacturers instructions for correction of a illuminated main rotor gearbox oil pressure warning light resulting in the helicopter being dispatched on a ferry flight with a failed main rotor gearbox oil pump, failure of the main rotor gearbox combining gearbox gears due to oil starvation, loss of main rotor RPM, and the helicopter colliding with trees and the ground during an uncontrolled descent.

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