ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211148
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| Date: | Friday 20 February 1998 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 BETA |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-LKK |
| MSN: | 1625 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Louisa Downs Station, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Louisa Downs Station, WA |
| Louisa Downs Station, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter was refuelled from a drum positioned approximately one metre from the left hand side of the aircraft. The helicopter was parked facing north with an approximate 15 knot wind from the east. The pilot and passenger then boarded the helicopter and commenced normal start procedures before lifting into the hover. Once established in the hover, the helicopter was weather-cocking and difficult to stabilise. Due to the proximity of the fuel drum, out of sight on the left side of the aircraft, and the aircraft weather-cocking in the crosswind, the pilot decided to do a hovering left hand circuit of the fuel drum to enter into wind. As the pilot looked to his right to check the area was clear, the aircraft yawed to the right. The pilot fully applied the left pedal and applied left cyclic control to arrest the yaw, at the same time pushing forward cyclic control to clear the drum. The rear of the left hand skid came into contact with the fuel drum and the helicopter rolled onto its left-hand side.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1998/aair/199800537/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4930262/199800537.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2018 08:31 | Pineapple | Added |
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