# NTSB Accident WPR24LA161
> **AEROSPATIALE SA315B** · 2024-05-27 · Hildale, UT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR24LA161
- **Event ID:** 20240528194321
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2024-05-27
- **Location:** Hildale, UT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.021896, -113.0189
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AEROSPATIALE
- **Model:** SA315B
- **Registration:** N57948
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly secure the EGT thermocouples, which resulted in catastrophic overtemperature of the engine and a total loss of engine power.

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