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| Date: | Wednesday 13 April 1988 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Black Isle Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-GASA |
| MSN: | 130444S |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crubenmore, Glen Truim, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | Crubenmore, Glen Truim, Scotland |
| Crubenmore, Glen Truim, Scotland | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
UNDERSLUNG LOAD STRUCK TAIL ROTOR DUE STRONG GUST. A/C DESTROYED. NO INJURIES TO 1 POB.
WHILE CARRYING RELATIVELY LIGHT UNDER-SLUNG LOAD A/C AFFECTED BY STRONG GUST OF WIND & LOAD SWUNG BACK INTO TAIL ROTOR. EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPTED BUT A/C DESTROYED ON STRIKING GROUND AFTER ROTATING THROUGH TWO-AND-A-HALF TURNS.
REGISTRATION G-GASA CANCELLED BY CAA 27/10/1988 AS "DESTROYED"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/hughes-369hs-g-gasa-13-april-1988
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14553
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-27.html#post6396587
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1077722/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2015 15:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2015 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2015 16:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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