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Civil helicopter safety Operation Phase Fatalities Injuries POB AWS ER AWP LA 18 206B3 VH-PHG Preston Helicopter Services Nr Bencubbin, Australia Hit powerline during powerline survey, lost control and crashed. 21 AS350B2 Highland Helicopters 9km S of Longview, Alberta, Canada Tail rotor struck a post on landing. 21 AS350B2 G-OROZ Fisher Engineering Killyveagh Glebe, N Ireland, UK Pvt ER 3 2 5 Pilot lost control in deteriorating weather not far from destination. Report suggests the pilot became disorientated on inadvertently entering IMC. There are no records of weather checks being made before departure. 23 369D N8353F Hawkins & Powers Aviation 50km E of Ely, Nevada, USA AWP LA HH 4 Torque began fluctuating, engine chip warning came on, there was a bang and engine lost power. Touchdown was nose-high and main rotor severed the tail. 25 Enstrom 480 N704G Unidentified operator Lake Wighiville, nr Dryden, Michigan, USA Pvt LA 1 3 Hit iced lake surface during night downwind leg to a private heliport 29 SE313 N31330 J H Jet Reed Memorial Ap, Driggs, Idaho, USA Pvt LA - - 3 After touchdown the cyclic control began to shake. Thinking this might be ground resonance, the pilot lifted off again, but the problem persisted. The helicopter started mov ing right, the skid snagged the ground and the helicopter rolled over. 31 Mi-8T RA-22262 Chukotavia Enurmino, Russia AWM LA 11 - 11 On approach to a landing site, the aircraft began a left turning climb, then descended and hit the ground nose-down. FEBRUARY 2 AS350B2 N985SA Safari Helicopters Lihue Airport, Hawaii, USA DNP GR - 1 During a ground run and systems check before passenger boarding, the pilot selected flight idle to carry out a hydraulic accumulator check. There was a sudden uncom- manded movement of the flight controls and the aircraft lifted off, spinning. The tail rotor hit the ground and the aircraft crashed. 4 Mi-2 RA-23379 Nord Air Myachkovo, Russia Moved forward and left in the hover, hitting trees and rolling over. 6 369D N1106K Evergreen Helicopters Nr Boudaya, Ivory Coast Damaged in hard landing shortly after take-off from Boudaya. 7 UH-1H N205GL Grim Logging Nr Darby, Montana, USA CT AWE MH ER Tail rotor failed during logging on a 45m line. The pilot began autorotating but left the line out. During descent it snagged on a tree and the helicopter went out of control. Malilangwe P/L Nr Chipata, Zambia 17 1 20 1 7 206B3 ZS-RII Crashed in scrubland. 8 Mi-8T RA-24210 Tomskavia Taydjo 1, Tomsk region, Russia AWP LA Hovering to land on snow the pilot hit a tree and went out of control. 12 Wessex ZK-HVK Metro Air 20km SW of Motueka, New Zealand AWE MT Long-line logging, the aircraft picked up a small log, then lowered it back again, hovered a moment and then "dived'" down the hill and hit the valley floor. 18 407 HP-1430 President of Panama 50km off Rio Hato, Panama Pvt ER - 3 Low fuel warning light came on and the pilot decided to make a precautionary sea landing. It was successful and the passengers were picked up by another helicopter A coastguard cutter took the helicopter in tow, but it began to sink. 21 MD600N N606BP Department of Justice/ Brown Field, San Diego, California, USA CT LR • 2 US Border Patrol , Pilot carried out a run-on landing practice while simulating a rudder-stuck-right condition. The main rotor severed the tail boom. 21 206L SE-HPL Swedish National Police Board Ockelbo, Sweden Pvt Hit power lines on approach to set down. The pilot was aware of the lines but thought he could see them all clearly 23 407 PT-YUM Castle Air Taxi Aereo Batalhao Florestal de Sao Goncalo, Brazil DNP Power loss followed by autorotation to an open area, but the landing was hard and caused damage. 24A119 l-KNOW Schenkair Vararlberg area, Austria AWR During a mountain landing, the approach blew up snow and the pilot lost visual reference, causing the main rotor to hit the slope. 24 Mi-8 RA-06125 Aviagarant Nr Noyabrsk, Russia AWS Tl Hit a 22m tall tree about 250m from the take-off point while climbing away, lost control and crashed 28 412 N412SM Nr Grand Junction, USA Test Crashed for unknown reason on a test flight after maintenance in daylight VMC. l.!M;ti!l 2 369D N8356F Knut Mjolhus Nr Canadia, Texas, USA Pvt MH - - 3 Suffered loss of tail rotor effectiveness while hover-taxiing looking for a smooth set-down point and the helicopter began to rotate. The pilot tried to climb, but then elected to set down because of approaching power lines. The aircraft hit the ground while still rotating, wiped its skids off, and the main and tail rotors hit the ground. DNP LR AWC AWR MT Tl LA 2 407 N9HE Helicopter Express 37km SW of Jackson, Wyoming, USA Snow surface collapsed on setting down and the helicopter rolled over. 6 206L3 EC-EYC Helicopteros de Lorca Nr Lorca, Spain Reported engine failure while crop spraying, followed by a hard touchdown. 7 AS350B D-HAFT Heli-Flight Andraitx, Mallorca, Spain Main rotor hit a tree on take-off. 11 AS350B2 N189EH Silverstar Mountain, Washington, USA DNP Approaching a landing site on a high ridge, the wind backed and strengthened. Rate of descent increased and rotor speed decreased, despite power input. Touched down beyond landing site, moving forward, and the pilot opted to put down in a snow-field. Helicopter sank into the snow, the main rotors hit the surface and the helicopter rolled on to its side. 17 AS350B2 N996PD East Bay Regional Park, California, USA Pvt ER Loss of engine power at night. Autorotated into an unlit open lot, but hit residential power lines and the tail boom was partially severed. www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 22-28 OCTOBER 2002 39
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