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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 2020 |
| Time: | 13:43 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76C+ |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Korea |
| Registration: | HL9661 |
| MSN: | 760581 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7571 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | next to the Yeongsan River -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | ARAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aircraft drifted back into fuel bowser.
Cause:
The committee determines the cause of this incident as follows: "HL9661 attempted to land, but due to strong winds, it couldn't maintain a hover and moved backward, causing the tail rotor to impact the upper rear part of the refueling vehicle."
Contributing Factors:
The contributing factors to this incident are determined as follows:
1. The refueling vehicle was parked in close proximity to the helicopter landing site.
2. The procedures for guiding the pilot to a safe landing on the ground were not clear during the landing.
3. There was a lack of appropriate communication among the pilots regarding the helicopter moving backward.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://araib.molit.go.kr/USR/airboard0201/m_34497/dtl.jsp
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/firefighting-tr-strike-bowser/
Location
Media:
A fire-fighting S-76C+ drifts backwards into a fuel bowser at forward operating base. We analyse the accident report. ttp://aerossurance.com/helicopters/firefighting-tr-strike-bowser/ #firefighting #helicopter #heliport #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/kmHCEzIR3Y
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) October 16, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2021 10:56 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 16-Oct-2021 11:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2021 11:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 23-Jun-2023 19:29 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2023 13:17 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 12-Nov-2023 13:20 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
| 17-Nov-2023 18:25 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
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