ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144384
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 2012 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 427 |
| Owner/operator: | Nigeria Police Force (NPF) |
| Registration: | 5N-POL |
| MSN: | 56035 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jenta Mangoro, Jos, Plateau State -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Jos, Plateau State |
| Abuja | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB Nigeria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At 0930hrs, a police fuel bowser that had arrived at Jos from Abuja the previous day, fuelled the aircraft which had been parked overnight at the Jos Prison football field. At 0958hrs, two-way communication was established between the helicopter and ATC. The pilot reported endurance of two hours, five persons on board, maintaining an altitude of 4000ft, and that it was a patrol flight around Jos city. The pilot also reported that he would be landing at the Police Headquarters, Jos and would call the Control Tower when re-joining for another patrol. The helicopter landed at the Nigeria Prisons Service football field, Jos (customarily used as a landing site for the Police Headquarters, Jos) at 1058hrs.
At about 1150hrs, the helicopter lifted up with four persons on board including the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Operations. The Control Tower was notified at about 1155hrs of the helicopter’s crash at Landir village, Kabong area near Jos metropolis and that all four persons on board were fatally injured.
AIB say: The cause of the accident cannot be conclusively decided but the investigation discovered series of discrepancies and non-compliance with Nig.CARs which includes:
Pilot:
i. The Pilot’s medical had expired as at the time of the accident,
ii. Simulator recurrency had expired as at the time of the accident.
Co-pilot:
i. The co-pilot was not type rated on the helicopter (Bell 427).
Engineer:
i. The aircraft maintenance engineer that released the aircraft prior to the flight had no type training and type rating on the aircraft type.
Three safety recommendations raised on police funding, regulatory compliance and fuel quality.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/news/76-hot-topic/34468-fg-orders-probe-into-police-helicopter-crash
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/dig-three-others-die-in-helicopter-crash/
http://www.aib.gov.ng/publications/final-report/controlled-flight-into-terrain-nigeria-police-force-bell-427-helicopter-5n-pol-kabong-jos-14th-march-2012/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2012 07:17 | Steinmann | Added |
| 14-Mar-2012 07:52 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2012 07:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2012 07:59 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2012 08:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2012 03:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 17-Mar-2012 04:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2012 14:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2012 14:25 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 31-Aug-2017 14:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2018 14:11 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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