ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33292
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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76A |
| Owner/operator: | Votec Servicios Aereos Regionals |
| Registration: | PT-HKB |
| MSN: | 760008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Macaé, RJ -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into sea during an offshore oil & gas flight after a main rotor spindle failure (a fatigue failure that had propagated from the first thread at the inboard end). Spindle TSN 650 FH.
G-BGXY suffered a spindle failure 12 Mar 1981 prior to maintenance instructions for a dimensional check being issued after the accident to PT-HKB.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-032
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-033
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-034
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=31902
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2010 08:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2010 13:22 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Mar-2016 17:46 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2016 18:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jul-2023 17:52 | harro | Updated [[Source]] |
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