ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134887
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 May 1997 |
| Time: | 07:55 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 365N2 Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Conseco Inc. |
| Registration: | N653CN |
| MSN: | 6404 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1222 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 1C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Carmel, IN |
| (KIND) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that he was delivering the passenger and his associate to their company's corporate ramp. 'I landed, taxied in, shut down the engines, and had applied the rotor brake. My passengers were deplaning from the right side of the helicopter with the help of line personnel.' The passenger 'walked forward of the helicopter and turned left into the tip path plane of the rotor system. The passenger was struck in the left temple by a main rotor blade.' The condition of the ramp was good. The static flex clearance of the helicopter blade was determined to decrease at increased wind velocities. The surface winds at 0756 est were reported as 040 at 14 gusting to 21 knots.
Probable Cause: inadequate visual clearance by the passenger resulting in his being struck with the rotor blade. A factor relating to this accident was the gusting winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI97LA140
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2012 08:20 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2012 08:22 | TB | Updated [Damage] |
| 21-Dec-2012 08:34 | TB | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Apr-2024 15:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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