ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146405
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 June 2012 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 135P2+ |
| Owner/operator: | Irish Air Corps |
| Registration: | 270 |
| MSN: | 0425 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Borrisoleigh -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Custume Barracks |
| Borrisoleigh | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
EC135P2+ 270, call-sign ‘Ambulance 270’, an air ambulance equipped Air Corps helicopter, was tasked by the National Aeromedical Co-ordination Centre (NACC) to collect a patient from a Health Service Executive (HSE) road ambulance near Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, and transfer him to Limerick Regional Hospital for treatment. The weather en route from its base, Custume Barracks Athlone, to the intended pick up point was good. On approach to landing in a field and shortly before touchdown, the helicopter’s main rotor blades struck ESB220 kV overhead wires and severed them. This wire impact caused severe airframe vibration and a momentary oscillation of the helicopter, forcing the Pilot to carry out an immediate forced landing, which was heavy. He shut down the engines and the crew exited safely and uninjured. As there was substantial damage evident to the helicopter, the patient was transferred to hospital by road.
Probable Cause
1. The helicopter struck a pair of electrical wires crossing the final approach path as it was about to land in a field.
Contributory Cause(s)
1. The Pilot or crew did not see the wires until it was too late to avoid a collision with them.
2. The AP on the ground who had observed the wires prior to the approach of the helicopter had no means of direct communication with the helicopter crew to alert them to the potential hazard.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0619/325718-air-corps-helicopter-hard-landing-in-tipperary/
http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/REPORT%202013-004_0.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2012 11:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Jun-2012 13:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jun-2012 15:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2012 15:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2012 20:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration] |
| 16-Nov-2012 13:19 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2013 12:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Apr-2013 17:43 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2016 08:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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