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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 2009 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  AgustaWestland AW139 |
| Owner/operator: | Gulf Helicopters |
| Registration: | A7-GHC |
| MSN: | 31225 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Doha -
 Qatar
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Doha |
| Offshore installation | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Tail boom failure on ground when the aircraft turned during taxi.
The incident prompted AW to issue an Alert Service Bulletin outlining one off and then repetitive inspections for the AW139’s composite (nomex honeycomb) tail boom. Subsequently a new (aluminium honeycomb) tail boom was introduced.
Sources:
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/386491-aw139-lost-tail-taxying-doh.html
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/450392-yet-another-aw139-tail-incident-gulf-helis.html
https://www.qatarliving.com/forum/qatar-living-lounge/posts/unforgotable-fault-recently-happened-qatar_
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2010-02-22/manufacturer-promises-new-booms-aw139
https://www.avweb.com/news/tail-boom-separates-from-aw139/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2012 04:36 | TB | Added |
| 28-Jul-2016 12:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jul-2017 07:14 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 01-Oct-2019 17:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, ] |
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