Incident Aerospatiale AS 350B VH-WCG,
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Date:Friday 11 February 1994
Time:16:01
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aerospatiale AS 350B
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-WCG
MSN: 1572
Year of manufacture:1982
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:1km N of Perth Int Airport, WA -   Australia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:YPPH
Destination airport:YPPH
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft was on approach to Perth Airport when it began to vibrate severely. The pilot declared an emergency and conducted a precautionary landing in a transport parking area. A post-flight inspection revealed that the stainless steel leading edge strip of one tail rotor blade was missing. The out-of-balance tail rotor caused substantial damage to the tail boom in the vicinity of the tail rotor blade. The stainless steel leading edge strip detached because the bond between the strip and the blade body was inadequate.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1994/aair/199400356/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4933602/199400356.pdf

History of this aircraft

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Revision history:

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18-Mar-2018 07:15 Pineapple Added
10-Jun-2022 09:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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