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| Date: | Thursday 4 September 2008 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale HH-65C Dolphin (SA 365N) |
| Owner/operator: | US Coast Guard (USCG) |
| Registration: | 6505 |
| MSN: | 6038 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mamala Bay, off the coast of Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kalaeloan (PHJR) |
| Kalaeloan (PHJR) |
Occurred while the aircrew was performing small boat hoist operations with a CG Station Honolulu 47' motor life boat during the early evening. The hoist cable became fouled in the dewatering standpipe of the motor life boat. The cable snapped resulting in damage to the main rotor of the helicopter. Just over 3 minutes later, with the helicopter traveling approximately 2.1 nautical miles, the the rotor head experienced a catastrophic failure and the helicopter crashed into the sea from a height of approximately 450 feet.
Sources:
http://www.chek-six.com/lib/Coast_Guard_Aviation_Casualties.htm
https://www.foxnews.com/story/3-killed-in-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-in-hawaii-1-missing
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/11665715/report-details-helicopter-crash/
http://psas.scripts.mit.edu/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/01_Hickey_STAMP_Wkshp_Presentation_26-Mar-2013.v2.pdf
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/safer-world/Hickey-thesis.pdf
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1184466/hawaii-helo-crash-sept-2008.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2012 09:42 | TB | Added |
| 20-Jan-2019 12:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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