ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1051
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Date: | Wednesday 13 June 2007 |
Time: | 14:26 |
Type: | Bell 206B JetRanger |
Owner/operator: | Aviation Tourism Australia |
Registration: | VH-JWM |
MSN: | 617 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | 39 NM west of White Tip Reef, QLD -
Australia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Mackay, QLD |
Destination airport: | White Tip Reef, QLD |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The pilot made a distress call and reported an engine failure. A search discovered the helicopter floating inverted and the pilot and passenger were rescued from their life raft nearby.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080705111839/http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2007/AAIR/aair200703662.aspx Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jan-2008 23:48 |
Andrew Whitton |
Added |
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