ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137789
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Date: | Friday 29 July 2011 |
Time: | 10:00 LT |
Type: | Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
Owner/operator: | OAS Helicopter Limited |
Registration: | 5N-BKA |
MSN: | 3994 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oke Oba Hill in Ikonifin, near Ife Odan -
Nigeria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Lagos |
Destination airport: | Ilorin |
Investigating agency: | AIB Nigeria |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The National Emergency Relief Agency NEMA yesterday said it has recovered the bodies of three victims killed in helicopter crash in Ife-Odan, Osun State on Friday.
According to NEMA's Director-General, Sani Sidi, in a statement made available to Sunday Champion yesterday in Lagos, the crashed helicopter wreckage was discovered "about 10 kilometres west of Ife-Odan on a mountain range", between Ife-Odan and Ogbomosho.
The aircraft departed airline's helipad in Maryland, Lagos a 9.25am. The chairman/chief executive of Bacita Sugar Company Josephine Oluwadamilola Kuteyi, her personal assistant Adedoyin Ogunbanjo and their Filipino pilot were killed after impacting terrain.
Causal Factor:
The non-adherence of the Pilot to Visual Flight Rules of clear-of cloud and obstacles
while maintaining ground contact at all times led to Controlled Flight into Terrain
(CFIT).
Contributory Factors:
i. The Pilot was not Instrument Rated.
ii. The pilot's lack of route familiarization.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIB Nigeria |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201108012083.html https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/oas-ill-fated-helicopter-crash-victims-remains-recovered/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/aib-to-carry-out-post-mortem-on-helicopter-crash-victims/ http://aib.gov.ng/files/OAS-Helicopters-Ecuruiel-A350-B2-5N-BKA.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Aug-2011 13:59 |
Black Typhoon |
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01-Aug-2011 14:00 |
Black Typhoon |
Updated [Time] |
01-Aug-2011 16:07 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
01-Aug-2011 20:24 |
Black Typhoon |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
02-Aug-2011 00:44 |
Black Typhoon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
27-Apr-2013 16:37 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
30-Sep-2016 16:53 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
13-Mar-2017 23:29 |
Aerossurance |
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13-Mar-2017 23:30 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Mar-2017 23:31 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Operator] |
15-Mar-2017 18:05 |
harro |
Updated [Date, Source] |
25-May-2021 08:06 |
harro |
Updated [Accident report] |
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