ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33440
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 July 1983 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206B Jet Rsnger |
| Owner/operator: | PLM Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BAUM |
| MSN: | 987 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Glen Almond, Perthshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Inverness Dalcross (EGPE) |
| Glen Almond, Perthshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off(damaged beyond repair) 13.7.83: the helicopter was engaged in a series of lifting, transporting and lowering a series of electrical power line wooden poles. The poles were carried one at a time on the aircraft cargo hook by a single wire cable attached to the upper end of each pole.
When the helicopter came to the hover withe one of the poles suspended underneath, the pole bounced on the ground, and, unknown to the pilot the slack in the wire looped over the left part of the rear skid. The weight of the partially lowered pole, snagged onto the skid, caused an immediate and rapid roll to the left, which the pilot was only just able to control by full use of the left cyclic lever
He then applied full power, to clear the helicopter away from the personnel on the ground, without success. The pole, which had been dragging on the ground, became airborne again, causing an even greater rolling movement, which the pilot was unable to control.
The helicopter then crashed in a nose-down, left banked attitude. The pilot was able to escape. albeit injured, from the wreckage before a fire consumed the Bell 206
Formally de-registered by the CAA on 30.5.84 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Bell%20206B%20Jet%20Ranger,%20G-BAUM%2012-83.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BAUM.pdf
3. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-38.html#post6572540
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2014 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source] |
| 14-Jun-2014 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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