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Not known AWC Crop dusting or other spreading work AWE External load AWF Fire suppression AWH Animal herding/hunting AWJ Parachute dropping AWM Medical evacuation AWP Personnel positioning to site AWR Rescue AWS Survey, patrol, photographic AWT Target towing CT Crew training Demo Demonstration DNC Domestic non-scheduled cargo DNP Domestic non-scheduled passenger DSC Domestic scheduled cargo DSP Domestic scheduled pax Ferry Ferry or positioning INC International non-scheduled cargo INP International non-scheduled pax ISC International scheduled cargo ISP International scheduled pax Pvt Private/business/corporate Test Test or development ED ER GP GR GT LA En route emergency descent En route Ground parked Ground/engines running Ground taxi Landing/approach LD LG LR MH MT NA NE NOG NT NU Pvt TA TC Tl TR Landing initial descent Landing go-around Landing roll Manoeuvre hover Manoeuvre Non-operational attended Nonoperational engines running Non-operational ground Non-operational taxi/towing Non-operational unattended Private Takeoff/aborted Take-off/climb to cruise Take-off/initial climb Take-off run GENERAL AF Air force AGL Above ground level AMSL Above mean sea level Apt Airport CAVOKCIoud and visibility OK (visibility more than 10km, cloudbase higher than 5,000ft AGL) CFIT Controlled flight into terrain CofA Certificate of airworthiness CNK Cause not known DME Distance measuring equipment FAA US Federal Aviation Administration GPS Global positioning system IAS Indicated air speed ILS Instrument landing system l/VMC Instrument/visual meteorological conditions l/VFR Instrument/visual flight rules l/OGE In/out of ground-effeet LE Leading edge MTOW Maximum take-off weight OAT Outside air temperature Off Offshore Nr Near PF . Pilot flying PNF Pilot not flying POB People on board RPM Revolutions per minute VOR VHF navigation beacon Aerospatiale/Eurocopter:SA315/SA316/SA318/SA319/ SA332/SA341/SE313/AS350/AS35/SA365/HH-65 Agusta: A109 Bell:204/205/206/212/214/230/412/UH-l/ TH-1C/TH-57A/0H-58 Boeing (including Hughes and McDonnell Douglas): Vertol 107. MD500/MD520N IPTN/Bell (Indonesian): NB412 EH Industries: EH101 Eurocopter: BO105/ BOH58. BK117B1/BK117A1 Eurocopter/IPTN: N0105CB Fairchild-Hiller: FH1100 Hughes: 369 IAR:IARAIouette Kaman: HH-43F Kamov: Ka-26/Ka-32 Kawasaki: KV-107 Mil:.Mi-2/Mi-6/Mi-8 PZL-Swidnik: W3 Sokol Sikorsky: S-58/S-61/S-64/S-76/CH-54A lillilrllJUINIM.I^^I^IO^Kllkil Date Type Registration Operator Location JANUARY 2 Bell205Al N58126 Los Angeles City Fire Dept. RusticCanyon,12kmSWofVanNuys,USA CT Circumstances 3 Climbing through 75ft AGL, the engine started making unusual noises. Warning lights came on. A180° automation ended in a very hard landing. 4 8 12 19 22 26 29 29 30 31 Hughes 369D Bell 407 Hughes 3690 MilMi-8 Bell 206B3 Mil Mi-8 MD520N MilMi-8T Hughes 369E Hughes 3690 N5013P CC-CWS OGSSN RA25363 ZSH1A LZ-CAK HB-XGQ RA-24696 N992SD N58431 Hawkins & Powers Aviation 12km S of Woodruff. Utah. USA Helicopters Agroforestales 19km NE of Olmue, Chile Ruperts Land Operations 68km SW of Fox Creek. Alberta. Canada 2nd Perm Aviation Enterprise 38km from Chaikovsky, Russia R Booysen Germiston, South Africa Hummingbird Island Airways Off Rangali Island, Maldives Fuchs Helikopter Nr Schwytz, Switzerland Strezhevskoe Air Enterprise 92km from Strezhevoi, Russia Riverside County Sheriff Nr Lake Elsinore. California, USA Las Vegas Police McCarran Apt. Las Vegas. USA AWS AWP AWS AWS Pvt DSP? AWS ? AWS CT MT MT ER 1 LA 1 ER 5 ER 4 ER 1 ER LR 3 2 1 7 5 20 4 4 2 2 Aircraft suffered loss of power, attributed to a compressor stall, and the pilot autorotated to a hard landing. The aircraft rolled over. While flying at lCOkt with a 6.5m-long steel cable attached to the cargo hook, the cable flew up and hit main and tail rotors. The tail rotor and gearbox broke away. An autorotation resulted in rollover on touchdown. CNK. Lost visual contact with the ground on approach to landing site, but the approach was continued, resulting in ground impact 1,500m short of site. Loss of power. On touchdown the main rotor struck the tail boom. Pilot turned back upon heanng a loud noise shortly after takeoff from a hotel, but suffered a loss of power and ditched, rolled over and sank. Crashed while positioning to drop explosives on a potential avalanche site. En route flying at 150m AGL the helicopter developed severe vibration and crashed on snow- covered ground. Chip warning light came on, but while the pilot looked for a place to land engine failure warning lit. Autorotation followed by hard touchdown. During practice autorotation the aircraft touched down hard and the main rotor hit the tail boom. FEBRUARY 2 BellOH-58 N151ES City of Lakeland Police Lindor Regional Apt. Lakeland. USA Pilot, responding to a night emergency call, took off from the helicopter's trailer without disconnecting it from the tractor. A skid caught on the tractor. The aircraft pitched nose down, hit the ground and rolled over. 5 5 9 9 10 12 Bell 212 Bell 206B3 AS350B1 Hughes 3690 Mil MK3TV-1 AS355F1 EC-GUY N907CA C-GPTK N5O70J ZSflIP N355MF Aviser Pyrenees Mountains. Spain Horizon Helicopters Nr Sabine Pass, Texas. USA N'them Mountain Helicopters Nr Blue River, Columbia, Canada Agrotors Nr Herminie. Pennsylvania. USA Heyns Helicopters Cape Town. South Africa Southwest Helicopters Toledo. Ohio. USA AWS Ferry AWP AWS AWE Ferry MH LA Tl MH MT 4 ER 6 1 3 4 3 3 Hovering in strong crosswind, the aircraft drifted. Main rotor hit ground. Aircraft entered a fog bank while turning right on to final approach for a private heliport. The pilot became disorientated and the helicopter crashed in shallow water. After taking skiers to the top of a slope at 7.200ft. the pilot increased power for takeoff but lost visual contact with the ground in the snow. The helicopter hit the ground, rolled over and burned out. The engine is reported to have partially lost power in the hover at about 70ft AGL. The pilot turned through 270° for a forced landing, but touching down on sloping ground resulted in main rotor sevenng the tail. While delivering a load to the top of a building the, tail rotor struck an advertising hoarding on a neighbouring building. The aircraft washed. The pilot set off. aware the weather was marginal for a VMC flight and turned back when it deteriorated. On receiving a report of better conditions from another pilot in the area, the pilot resumed the flight but 36 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 18 - 24 April 2000
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