ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17934
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| Date: | Saturday 14 March 1992 |
| Time: | 19:50 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters (BHL) |
| Registration: | G-TIGH |
| MSN: | 2034 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Shetland Basin, North Sea -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Cormorant Alpha oil platform |
| Safe Supporter, floating hotel (Flotel) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shuttling operation as the sea state meant the floatel had to disconnect form the platform. The helicopter descended into very rough seas ca 500 metres east of the Shell Cormorant A platform in bad weather, rolled inverted and sank. Twelve POB escaped from the airframe but only 6 were rescued alive.
This accident resulted in the RHOSS Report (CAP 641).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/2-1993-as-332l-super-puma-g-tigh-14-march-1992
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pilot-blamed-for-north-sea-helicopter-crash-error-of-judgement-caused-oil-rig-accident-that-claimed-1453861.html
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/commanders-flying-monitoring/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2010 22:34 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2010 10:16 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2012 14:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2012 07:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2014 09:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 13:05 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2017 20:30 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 11-Jan-2020 18:27 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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