Date:	Saturday 3 July 2010
Time:	12:01 LT
Type:	AgustaWestland AW139
Owner/operator:	Sky Shuttle Helicopters, opf. East Asia Airlines
Registration:	B-MHJ
MSN:	31222
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Victoria Harbour -   Hong Kong
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Hong Kong-Sky Shuttle Heliport
Destination airport:	Macau
Investigating agency:	CAD Hong Kong
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Helicopter made an emergency landing in the water in Victoria Harbour shortly after departure from Sky Shuttle Heliport, approximately 500 metres North West offshore.
After departing from the heliport, the helicopter was climbing on a north-westerly heading. When passing approximately 350 feet Above Mean Sea Level at about 70 knots Indicated Airspeed, the crew had completed the post-takeoff checks. Shortly afterwards, both pilots heard a loud bang from the rear of the helicopter followed by airframe vibrations. At the same time, the captain found that he had no authority on the pedal controls and determined that the tail rotor of the helicopter had failed. Immediately, the captain put the helicopter into autorotation. Whilst in autorotation, he commanded the first officer to shut down both engines in accordance with the emergency procedures and the first officer carried out the commands accordingly.
Also, the captain transmitted a u2018MAYDAY' call. The captain made a controlled ditching with the helicopter maintained in level attitudes and low forward speed at touchdown. Once the helicopter touched the water, all the four emergency floats were inflated automatically. The time between the loud bang heard by the pilots and the touchdown on water was about 16 seconds. Helicopter rolled over after about 18 minutes and fuselage submerged.

http://www.cad.gov.hk/reports/AB-02-2010e.pdf
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/breakingnews_world/chopper-crash-in-hong-kong-harbour-28545158.html http://www.skyshuttlehk.com/?structure=007&content=20&articleid=178
Final Accident Report from Hong Kong Government issued July 2014: http://www.cad.gov.hk/reports/B-MHJ%20Accident%20Final%20Report_2%20June%202014_Consolidated.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jul-2010 03:33	gerard57	Added
03-Jul-2010 03:40	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jul-2010 03:50	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
04-Jul-2010 21:42	eamond	Updated [Damage]
13-Jul-2010 00:15	TB	Updated [Operator]
01-Aug-2010 14:25	harro	Updated [Country, Source, Narrative]
24-Feb-2011 04:39	TB	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2013 09:40	TB	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2014 17:38	HeliNews+	Updated [Source]
14-May-2021 19:49	harro	Updated [Source, Accident report]