ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175272
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Date: | Saturday 11 April 2015 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | Robinson R22 Beta |
Owner/operator: | Cloncurry Mustering Company Pty Ltd |
Registration: | VH-HBX |
MSN: | 4106 |
Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pinnarendi Station, Kennedy Highway, QLD -
Australia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Pilot suffered shoulder and pelvis injuries in helicopter accident on 11 April 2015, when Robinson R22 Beta VH-HBX crashed at Pinnarendi station, off the Kennedy Highway, Queensland. According to a contemporary press report (see link #3):
"One hurt in helicopter crash-landing
A 50-year-old man has been flown to hospital after a helicopter crash-landed in far north Queensland this morning. The Queensland Ambulance Service accessed the man at the scene before RACQ Care Flight flew him to Cairns Hospital with shoulder and pelvis injuries. He is in a stable condition.
Emergency services were called to the incident at the rural location called Pinnarendi station, off the Kennedy Highway, around 11 am. It is not believed the crash was severe, with a QAS spokesperson describing it as “an unfortunate landing”.
Sources:
1. ATSB:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/safety-investigation-reports/?mode=Aviation&q=VH-HBX 2.
http://helihub.com/2015/04/11/11-apr-15-pinnarendi-australia/ 3.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/one-hurt-in-helicopter-crash-landing/story-fnihsrf2-1227299673487 4.
https://www.facebook.com/Pinnarendi/ 5.
http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/HBX Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2015 09:59 |
gerard57 |
Added |
24-Mar-2016 20:40 |
Kardz |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source] |
18-Oct-2016 14:13 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
09-Jun-2022 11:35 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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