ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24471
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 09-JUN-2006 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | F-GFHN |
| C/n / msn: | 1489 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Ampuis - 69 -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ampuis, France |
| Ampuis, France |
Accident: Collision with a power line during an aerial spraying application. Causes identified: non-perception of the obstacle
Probable cause: Inattention in the late application of avoiding measures.
Consequences and damage: rotor mast, the control rods swashplate, main rotor blades and damaged the tail rotor.
Aircraft: Bell 47 G2 helicopter F-GFHN.
Date and Time: Friday, June 9, 2006 12:30 pm.
Operator: company of aerial work.
Location: Ampuis (69).
Type of flight: agricultural application.
Persons on board: Pilot only. Qualifications and experience of Pilot: 35, CPL (H) of 2003, 1,257 hours total, of which flight 1,231 on type, including 48 hours in the previous three months on all types and 5 hours in the previous 24 hours on this type.
Weather: wind 180 ° / 7 kt to 10 kt, CAVOK, temperature 25 ° C, QNH 1020 hPa, position of the sun: azimuth 46 °, high 60 °
CIRCUMSTANCES The pilot started at 8 am and landed 10:00 to reload pesticides, and eat. The aircraft took off again at 10:30 and continued until 12: 30 pm for the last treatment of vines of the morning. The pilot reported that when he made his first pass, at a height of about five meters and a speed of 40 km / h, as he prepared to make a U-turn, the helicopter struck a power line (medium voltage). The pilot found it difficult to operate the cyclic controls. He then moved to the right, and the right skid hit the top of a tree. He landed a short distance away, in the middle of a vineyard.
Three hundred square feet of brush were destroyed by a fire caused by electrical cables. During the collsion with the powerline, the pilot had the sun behind him, and he wore sunglasses. The canopy was slightly dirty, covered with dust and product application. The area is hilly. The treatment areas were numerous and scattered. The pilot had never worked in the area. He said that he had landed the day before at 19:00 hours on a helipad located near the area of the accident.
He made a quick aerial reconnaissance generally that evening and the next morning. Three cables were severed at the top of the rotor mast. The two rods flight controls were twisted.
Sources:
http://bea.aero/docspa/2006/f-hn060609/pdf/f-hn060609.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Dec-2008 10:52 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2011 15:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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