ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228569
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| Date: | 27-AUG-2019 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Angel City Air, Inc. |
| Registration: | N218GH |
| MSN: | 3470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gillespie Field Airport (SEE/KSEE), San Diego County, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA (SEE/KSEE) |
| San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA (SEE/KSEE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, after landing the helicopter on the landing platform, he decided to reposition it on the platform. He said that he increased the collective and that it "felt as if the nose was turning or yawing to the right." To correct the right yaw, he applied left pedal, but the helicopter continued moving right. The helicopter rolled to the right, the main rotor blades struck the ground, and the helicopter came to rest on its right side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the main and tail rotor drive systems. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain yaw and pitch control while repositioning the helicopter, which resulted in dynamic rollover.
Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=218GH
Accident investigation:
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Media:
#NTSB: while repostioning a Bell 206 on a landing platform the #helicopter rolled to the right, the main rotor blades struck the ground, and the helicopter came to rest on its right side.https://t.co/De7dvChbcD#flightsafety pic.twitter.com/7Yr9KVc6Do
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) March 20, 2020
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2019 09:26 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 28-Aug-2019 10:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 28-Aug-2019 13:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 14:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 14:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Mar-2020 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 23-Mar-2020 18:53 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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