ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162633
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| Date: | 20-NOV-2013 |
| Time: | 05:55 UTC |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL) |
| Registration: | VT-ELR |
| MSN: | 6268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Chowra Island -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kamorta |
| Car Nicobar | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The left hand sliding door flew off during flight causing damages to tail structure. The helicopter made an emergency landing on nearby helipad at Chowra Island. Nobody was injured.
The probable cause of the incident is due to the progressive failure of upper rail followed by final overload fracture which created excessive air pressure through the partially opened LH door forcing both LH Sliding and flap doorto detach from its security of attachment and consequently resulted into the incident.
Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2013/2013.semaine.48.pdf
http://dgca.nic.in/accident/reports/incident/VT-ELR.pdf
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2013 15:05 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 01-Apr-2014 14:44 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-May-2014 17:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Sep-2017 17:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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