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| Date: | Tuesday 18 October 2011 |
| Time: | 18:10 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | HELISUL, Lda |
| Registration: | CS-HFJ |
| MSN: | 030684 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Quinta do Botelho, Golfar, Trancoso -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Celorico da Beira |
| CMA Meda | |
| Investigating agency: | GPIAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was involved in fighting a forest fire actions. When left the theater of operations into the base, carrying a pilot and the fire- fighting crew, the pilot noticed a fluctuation of the indications of the engines, accompanied by a reduction of the speed of the main rotor. The pilot reacted reducing the collective and cutting the turbines, pursuing a self- rotation maneuver to a nearby field, clear of obstacles. By touching the ground the helicopter had slightly aside, at which fell on his left side, crashing with the rotor in the soil and increasing the damage sustained by aircraft . All occupants were by themselves, not further injury.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/466897-bell-212-crash-helisul-inaer-portugal.html
http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/paginaRegisto.aspx?back=1&id=9378&back=1&chave=CS-HFJ%20&tema=all&advance=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 January 2005 | CS-HFJ | Salir, Loulé | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2015 18:45 | jfigueiredo | Added |
| 30-Sep-2016 16:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
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