ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39423
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Date: | Friday 17 July 1992 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Robinson R22 |
Owner/operator: | Mazzei Flying Service |
Registration: | N83556 |
MSN: | 0300 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5787 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fresno, California -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Fresno, California (FAT/KFAT) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE CFI DEMONSTRATED A RIGHT CIRCLING CONFINED AREA APPROACH IN A STAND OF OAK TREES, AFTER FLYING OVER THE AREA. HE THEN INSTRUCTED THE DUAL STUDENT TO PERFORM THE MANEUVER. AFTER THE DUAL STUDENT COMPLETED TWO SUCCESSFUL CONFINED AREA APPROACHES TO A HOVER, THE CFI ASSUMED THE CONTROLS AND DEPARTED STRAIGHT OUT OVER THE LOWEST SECTION OF THE TREES. SECONDS LATER, THE HELICOPTER STRUCK SOME POWER LINE WIRES THAT WERE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED FROM VIEW BY THE TREES.
CAUSE: THE CFI'S POOR IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO PROCEED OVER THE TREES INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED RIGHT CIRCLING TURNS, AND BOTH PILOTS INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOK-OUT. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE TREES THAT PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED THE VIEW OF THE POWER LINE WIRES.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX92LA301 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X15196&key=1&queryId=611c5e8e-20cd-49cb-abe0-92c3373a3c70&pgno=1&pgsize=50 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=83556 3.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=36989 4.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N83556/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Sep-2016 20:22 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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