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| Date: | Wednesday 4 January 1995 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-OBK |
| MSN: | 1190855 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sassafras, TAS -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Sassafras, TAS |
| Sassafras, TAS | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting an aerial spraying operation when he commenced a climbing turn to the left to avoid a hedge with a house behind. The aircraft did not respond to control inputs and began heading for the hedge. The pilot managed to fly clear of the hedge, but the helicopter began to descend until it impacted the ground and rolled over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1995/aair/199500011/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4932483/199500011.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 December 1992 | VH-OBK | 0 | 40km NNE Warren, NSW | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2018 06:50 | Pineapple | Added |
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