ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164660
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| Date: | Monday 10 March 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 II |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Science Limitada |
| Registration: | CC-PXE |
| MSN: | 12631 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Andes Mountain range, O'Higgins Region -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Helicopter crash landed in the mountains, 6,500 ft altitude during a topographic operation. The pilot and three passengers resulted with minor injuries, rescued an hour later by a Chilean AF Bell UH-1H being moved to Posta Central hospital in Santiago.
ACCIDENT CAUSE
The cause of the accident was that, during the take-off, the helicopter was out of the ground effect, without the power required to maintain the flight, losing lift and finally falling to the ground.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
- Tailwind component
- Pilot planning error when not decreasing the take-off weight, after the low RPM alarm has been activated.
- Inadequate use of the helicopter performance tables.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Link to Chilean AF website (in Spanish) [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fach.cl/noticias/2014/marzo/rescate/rescate.htm]
https://www.dgac.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/portalweb/rest-portalweb/jcr/repository/collaboration/sites%20content/live/dgac/categories/accidentes/investigacion/informe-tecnicos-2014/documents/1708-20150409.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2014 18:40 | Anon. | Added |
| 07-Aug-2020 15:06 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2020 15:07 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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