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Aviation accident CEN14FA232

NONE · BELL 407 · 2014-05-03 · Telluride, CO, USA

Event

NTSB number
CEN14FA232
Event ID
20140508X30821
Type
Accident
Date
2014-05-03
Location
Telluride, CO, USA
Coordinates
37.834999, -107.881668

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
3
Total aboard
3

Aircraft

Make
BELL
Model
407
Registration
N407MH
FAR Part
135
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS

Conditions

Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC

Probable cause

The failure of the power turbine thrust (No. 5) bearing due to overheating as a result of oil starvation, which led to the engine failure. Also causal to the accident was an undocumented repair to the gearbox cover oil delivery tube port during which an insert was threaded into the oil delivery tube port that subsequently restricted the oil flow to the power turbine thrust bearing.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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