Incident Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2 VT-ELR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162633
 
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Date:Wednesday 20 November 2013
Time:05:55 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS65 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2
Owner/operator:Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL)
Registration: VT-ELR
MSN: 6268
Year of manufacture:1987
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Incident
Location:Chowra Island -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Kamorta
Destination airport:Car Nicobar
Investigating agency: AAIB India
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
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.


Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: AAIB India
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2013/2013.semaine.48.pdf
http://dgca.nic.in/accident/reports/incident/VT-ELR.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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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