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Date 15 18 21 21 24 25 26 26 26 26 27 28 28 28 MAF 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 16 16 17 17 20 22 24 24 Type Registration Hughes 369D Bell TH57A Bell UH-1H Bell UH-1H Bell 206L1 Bell 206L3 Bell 206B EC120B Bell 407 AS355F1 C-GDCM FAE405 65-10120 N6258Z N785SR EC-GEA GFOAH N122TH PT-WI SE-JDK Hughes 369HS VH-SHD Bell 205A1 SA315B Hughes 369D ICH Bell 212 Bell 20683 Mil Mi-2 MD600N Bell206B Bell 206L3 Mil Mi-2 Mil Mi-8 FH-1100 Mil Mh8T AS350B2 AS350B2 Mil M1-8T Bell 206L4 Bell 206B3 FH-1100 OGPWS HB-XIB ZK-HSD CGAHV ZS-REB RA-14093 N626SB N901CA VHNDW RA-23653 RA-25464 N547FH RA-93932 N197EH N6100R RA-24720 PT-YAA &GEAQ N4412C Operator Peace Helicopters Ecuadorian air force Philippine air force -•'•:'. North Slope Borough Helisureste Canadian Helicopters American Eurocopter Unidentified European Right Center Helicopter Aerial Surveys Location 43km N of Baggs, Wyoming. USA Nr Guayaquil, Ecuador Nr Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Nr Glenn. California, USA 7km S of Barrow. Alaska, USA In sea off Ibiza. ES 13km W of Hinton, Alberta. Canada NrSpringtown. Texas, USA Belo Horizonte. Brazil Hafjell. Norway 8km E of Ceduna, South Australia Vancouver Island Helicopters 19km NE of Revelstoke, Canada Air Glaciers Faram Helicopters Alpine Helicopters Makeean Polymers Murmansk Air Transport San Bernadino Sheriff Stalden area, Swaziland Nr Gisborne. New Zealand 66km NW of Invermere. Canada South Africa Vaigach Island. Russia 12krrf N of Rialto, California, USA Bethencourt Flying Service Nr Delhi, California, USA Sunlover Helicopters / AWE CT Pvt AWC AWR AWM AWS Ferry ? Ferry Ferry AWP AWS AWF AWP ? AWS Pvt AWC Trinity Inlet, off Cains, Queensland. Australia DNP National Aeroclub of T'stan Aydarovo. Russia Vladivostok Air Ward Aviation Krechet Era Helicopters Petroleum Helicopters Tyumenaviatrans CEMIG Heli-Star Jefferson Roach 58km NE of Port au Prince, Haiti Nr Opp. Alabama, USA Nr Sobolevo, Russia 20km S of Girdwood, Alaska, USA Eugene Island 193. Mexican Gulf 18km from Novabrsk, Russia 7km from Ipatinga. Brazil Lac Edouard. Quebec. Canada Zephryhills. Florida. USA AWS AWM AWC DNP Ferry DNP AWM AWS AWE Ferry V MT LR ER MT LA ER MT ER ER ER ER Tl ER ER LA ? ER TC MT ER LA ER Tl ER MH Tl LA ER LR Tl X/> 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 ? ? 2 1 13 20 - 2 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 2 2 1 4 1 1 13 3 1 3 3 2 3 1 7 3 13 1 26 1 4 10 3 1 1 Circumstances met more poor weather, turned back again, but entered IMC at 500ft AGL A passenger reported that they were over a park, so the pilot, with only basic instruments, began a slow descent, hit a tree ana a building. Engine failure following turbine maintenance which entailed disconnection of the pneumatic and fuel lines. The latter were incorrectly reassembled. This apears to have been a misjudged autorotative landing during training. The helicopter crashed and burned. Sudden loss of control en route. Shortly after lift-off. says the pilot, the helicopter kept banking and he could not stop it. Loss of control. On a search and rescue mission the pilot found a missing person on a frozen lake, but while positioning for landing on the lake the pilot became disorientated because of "whiteout" and lost control. Crashed into sea at night in fog. Filming a train, the aircraft hit powerlines above the track and crashed. A clogged fuel filter on this new aircraft led to engine surge. After autorotation the skids dug in and the aircraft nosed over. A bang followed by yaw in the cruise led the pilot to carry out an autorotative landing. Wreckage indicates that part of the tail boom with the tail rotor had separated. Passengers were killed/injured by the main rotor when they disembarked. The pilot lost control during an attempt to take off from an ice covered road on which the helicopter had begun to slide backward. The tail rotor struck an obstruction. The pilot uplifted AvGas instead of Jet Al from a remote refuelling point because the Jet Al hydrant failed to work and his company said AvGas would suffice for a short flight. The engine lost power at 500ft. It appears the AvGas accelerated the breakaway of fuel line particles which clogged the filter. A hard autorotative touchdown caused serious damage. Having picked up skiers, the pilot lost control on take-off because of a whiteout. The helicopter hit the ground and rolled over. Collided with aerial ropeway and lost control. Helicopter suffered reported engine failure as the aircraft was accelerating through 80kt at 150ft AGL carrying an underslung bucket. Pilot jettisoned the bucket and began autorotation. but landed in trees short of the clearing he was aiming for. Temperature 31°C in good weather. Aircraft was operating at close to MTOW. On approach to a landing site the skid snagged sloping terrain in shadow. Pilot lost control and helicopter rolled over. Missing. CNK. Surveying sea ice ahead of an icebreaker ship, pilot reported that because of increasing wind he was going to make a precautionary landing. The next day the aircraft was found to have crashed. After taking off after inspecting an abandoned vehicle, the pilot started to fly up a valley, but found himself in IMC and began a climb, but temporarily lost control. He saw a ridge ahead too late to avoid hitting it with one of the skids and crashed. Helicopter began to yaw as it passed trees on approach for reloading for the next spray run. Control was lost, possibly because the spray boom had snagged the tree, and the aircraft crashed. Flying at 500ft AMSL over the sea from Green Island to Cairns, the pilot, following channel markers, was forced down to between a pressure altimeter height of 50ft and 100ft by deteriorating weather. The windscreen began to mist and the surface was calm. The aircraft hit the sea with little speed. The floats deployed but the helicopter overturned. Right engine failed on approach. The crew landed on a snow-covered field and came to rest on its side. The helicopter turned back on encountering low cloud and deteriorating visibility and climbed to avoid high ground. The crew lost sight of the ground and crashed into a hillside. Taking off from the flatbed trailer of a truck, the engine lost power and the main rotors struck the truck's cab. The aircraft hit the ground with 20° nose down and 30" bank shortly after entenng a snow shower. While landing to pick up skiers, the rotor downwash blew up a large amount of snow, the helicopter drifted right and the skid snagged the ground, causing it to roll over. Taking off from an oil rig into a 2ft hover, the pilot reported pitch and yaw which control inputs could not correct. The aircraft fell off the platform. During final approach, the aircraft, in poor visibility, struck the ground. Struck lightning conductor wti le on power fete Inspection and crashed. Because of deteriorating weather, the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing on a frozen lake. Having set down the external load on the lake, the aircraft began to yaw and it crashed. A student pilot wanted to wash hishelicopter which was parked in his garden. Because the hose would not reach, he decided to hover-taxi the aircraft about 5m. After a control check after start-up. however, the aircraft FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 18 - 24 April 2000 37
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