ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212600
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Date: | Tuesday 29 May 2018 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | Hughes 369D |
Owner/operator: | Bighorn Helicopters |
Registration: | C-FYIP |
MSN: | 126-0061D |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 nm NE of Elko/Lionel P. Demers Memorial Airpark, BC (CBE2) -
Canada
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | External load operation |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:C-FYIP, a Hughes 369D aircraft operated by Bighorn Helicopters, was conducting external load operations approximately 1 nm North East of Elko/Lionel P. Demers Memorial Airpark, BC (CBE2) when the external load inadvertently released from the sling and flew back into the tail rotor. The pilot felt a vibration, entered autorotation, and made an emergency landing into a meadow. After touchdown, the main rotor contacted the tail boom, causing substantial damage. The pilot was uninjured.
Sources:
TSB A18P0076
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jun-2018 15:57 |
harro |
Added |
27-Jun-2018 15:46 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn] |
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