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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 2018 |
| Time: | 07:58 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R66 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 9M-RML |
| MSN: | 0375 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RR300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB/WMSA) -
 Malaysia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Malaysia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Robinson R66 helicopter 9M-RML was on a demonstration flight at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang (WMSA).
During the sloping ground exercise at the grass area, after completed the landing with left skid upslope, the helicopter attempted take-off procedure from the sloping ground. Upon lift-off, the helicopter drifted to the right and the PIC (Pilot in command) performed immediate corrective action which caused the helicopter to bank to the left. As the helicopter banked to the left excessively, the main rotor blades struck on the upslope and caused the fuselage to spin uncontrollably clockwise direction and impacted to the ground at approximately 90 degrees from its original heading.
Both of the occupants escaped the helicopter safely with the PIC suffered minor injury and the helicopter sustained substantial damage.
CAUSE
The cause of the accident is due to a ‘loss of lateral control’ during liftoff leading to dynamic roll over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/15/chopper-crashes-in-test-flight-at-subang-airport/
http://www.mot.gov.my/SiteCollectionImages/kemalangan%20udara/statistik%202018/A0718.pdf
Location
Images:
Photo: (c) hariz hisham
Photo: (c) hariz hisham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2018 08:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Aug-2018 09:35 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 15-Aug-2018 11:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code, ] |
| 15-Aug-2018 14:10 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 15-Aug-2018 14:10 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 29-Dec-2019 17:52 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 18:58 | harro | Updated [Time, Cn, Accident report, ] |
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