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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1997 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B1 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-HGM |
| MSN: | 6597 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leeton, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was engaged in an aerial spraying operation when the main rotor came into contact with a steel rod in the crop. The subsequent rotor imbalance resulted in a forced landing in which the aircraft landed heavily and the main rotor severed the tail boom.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1997/aair/199702020/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4930910/199702020.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 1972 | N7927S | Sky Choppers O | 1 | near Ogden, Ut |  |
w/o |
| 26 August 1996 | VH-HGM | 0 | 15km S of Griffith, NSW | |
sub | |
| 13 September 1998 | VH-HGM | Private | 0 | 15 Km west of Gulargambone, NSW | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 10:39 | Pineapple | Added |
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