ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152150
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| Date: | 30-DEC-2012 |
| Time: | 12:10 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHI) |
| Registration: | VT-PHH |
| MSN: | 53210 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Katra, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir -
 India
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Katra Helipad |
| Sanjhi Chhat Helipad, Katra | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Bell 407 helicopter VT-PHH was engaged in a non-scheduled passenger flight from Katra Helipad to Sanjhi Chhat Helipad at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir. The helicopter took-off from Katra helipad at around 06:15 UTC. During flight just short of Sanjhi Chhat helipad, the captain heard a loud bang and experienced power loss with a drop in rotor RPM (NR). The captain immediately lowered the collective to regain the rotor RPM and subsequently descended from the sector altitude. Subsequently, the FADEC warning was also generated. The captain tried to control the helicopter by carrying out auto-rotation and simultaneously looked out for a flat land in the valley to carry out a forced landing. The captain controlled the flight during rapid descend and landed on sloping surface next to the river bed at around 06:20 UTC. The helicopter made a heavy landing without power and
received substantial damage. Weather at the time of accident was fine with visibility more than 5 Kms.
The Committee of inquiry determines the probable cause of accident as “Helicopter experienced power loss due to High cycle fatigue (HCF) failure of single 3rd Stage Turbine blade. The pilot attempted for forced landing which eventually resulted into an accident”.
Sources:
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/301973/seven-injured-helicopter-crash-lands.html
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chopper-with-pilgrims-on-board-crash-lands-near-jammu-seven-injured-508949
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2012/12/copter-crashes-near-vaishno-devi.html (with accident photo)
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dgca.nic.in/caris/know_regn.asp?regn=PHH] (helicopter-details)
http://www.thenorthlines.com/newsdet.aspx?q=60301
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Dec-2012 04:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 31-Dec-2012 06:33 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Dec-2012 10:07 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 31-Dec-2012 10:07 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Registration] |
| 31-Dec-2012 10:13 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2012 11:44 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2013 16:59 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2019 19:37 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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