ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168760
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| Date: | Monday 24 December 1990 |
| Time: | 18:56 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 214ST |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-BKFN |
| MSN: | 28109 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cormorant A platform, North Sea -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cormorant A platform, North Sea |
| Dunlin A platform. North Sea | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Diverted to Safe Gothia after vibrations. On inspection, cracking of tailboom/fin found. Repaired and returned to service..
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/542301cb40f0b61342000a3b/Bell_214ST__G-BKFN_09-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BKFN
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14643
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennycook/4806486102
5. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/280009-last-b214st-retired-n-sea-ops.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 August 1985 | G-BKFN | British Caledonian Helicopters | 0 | Near Balmedie, Aberdeenshire | |
min |
| 15 May 1986 | G-BKFN | British Caledonian Helicopters | 0 | North Sea, 14 mi NE of Fraserburgh | |
sub |
| Ditching | ||||||
| 7 June 2021 | C-GDYZ | Helicopter Transport Services | 0 | 14 nm NE of Nipigon, ON |  |
sub |
Media:
Bell 214ST G-BKFN: Aberdeen-Dyce (ABZ/EGPD) Scotland, September 12, 2006
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2014 17:38 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 15-Aug-2014 17:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Damage] |
| 25-Aug-2014 14:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2016 14:56 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 25-Feb-2016 15:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2016 15:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-May-2016 10:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2021 07:37 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
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