ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158063
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| Date: | Monday 5 August 2013 |
| Time: | 18:05 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Soloy Helicopters |
| Registration: | N134SH |
| MSN: | 610969D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9807 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls Royce M250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pogo Gold Mine, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | Pogo Gold Mine |
| Pogo Gold Mine | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a telephone conversation with the NTSB IIC on August 7, the pilot reported that at the time of the accident he was transporting sections of water hose to a remote drill site on a 100-foot external load line that was attached to the helicopter’s belly-mounted cargo hook. He said that as he brought the helicopter to a stable hover over the remote tree-covered site where he intended to place the hose and as he began to position the load closer to an employee on the ground, all engine power was lost. The pilot entered an emergency hovering autorotation, turned the helicopter left, and selected a small open area between tall trees as an emergency landing site. During the descent, the helicopter's main rotor blades struck several trees as it touched down on the uneven, tundra-covered terrain, and the helicopter subsequently rolled to the right, sustaining substantial damage to the main rotor drive system, tail boom and fuselage.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which necessitated an emergency hovering autorotation, during which the helicopter impacted trees and terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/helicopter-crashes-at-pogo-mine-pilot-unhurt/article_1ca6419e-fefc-11e2-8b6c-0019bb30f31a.html
http://helihub.com/2013/08/06/06-aug-13-md-helicopters-md500d-delta-junction-us-alaska/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=134SH
http://web.archive.org/web/20130929213323/http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:06-AUG-13,HUGHES
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87693
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87693/pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 November 1983 | N1112B | San Joaquine Helicopters | 0 | Caliente, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2013 04:24 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Aug-2013 23:10 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2016 13:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Jan-2021 12:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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