ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122336
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| Date: | Friday 13 May 2011 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  HAL Chetak (SA 316B Alouette III) |
| Owner/operator: | Border Security Forces (BSF) India |
| Registration: | VT-EQL |
| MSN: | AH-303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fatehpura, Rajasthan's Siroh district -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gandhinagar (Gujarat) |
| Jodhpur | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A BSF helicopter crashed in a hilly region of Rajasthan's Sirohi district on Friday killing all the four occupants, including the pilot, a senior official said.
Sirohi district collector Shriram Meena said the chopper crashed in the hills of village Fatehpura near Abu Road, about 200 km from Jodhpur, at about 3.30 PM.
The aircraft had taken off from Gandhinagar (Gujarat) at 2.20 PM and was to land in Jodhpur at 4.20 PM, he said.
Cause of Accident
The accident occurred due to loss of control resulting from probable failure of Hydraulic Drag Dampers in flight which imposed excessive loads on the Blade Spacing System resulting in the failure of bolts/links. The severed spacingcable impacted and broke the pitch control rods, leading to loss of control of Helicopter.
Lack of oversight of Maintenance Activities of the AMOs was the contributory factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Four-killed-as-BSF-copter-crashes-in-Rajasthan/articleshow/8308958.cms
Final Report on dgca.gov.in
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2011 11:28 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-May-2011 11:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Location] |
| 13-May-2011 11:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2011 12:15 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source] |
| 29-Aug-2011 03:26 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 29-Aug-2011 03:26 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 05-Dec-2012 12:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2012 12:38 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 06-Aug-2020 16:16 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2020 16:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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