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| Date: | Thursday 1 January 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76C |
| Owner/operator: | NHR Táxi Aéreo Ltda. |
| Registration: | PR-OMY |
| MSN: | 760663 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, BA (SS -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | |
| Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Sikorsky S-76C, PR-OMY, had landed on runway 17 at the Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães Aerodrome (SBSV) in Salvador, BA, at around 11:35 UTC, after returning from an offshore operation, and was manoeuvring to park at apron 04, when the tips of the main rotor blades hit a lighting tower.
The S-76 and an unoccupied EMB-110 (PT-SHY), parked alongside were hit by the shrapnel and suffered minor damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
IG-001/CENIPA/2015
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2023 17:43 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 11-Dec-2023 17:43 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ] |
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