ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43008
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Date: | Friday 6 July 1990 |
Time: | 07:00 |
Type: | Bell 206B JetRanger |
Owner/operator: | Biscayne Helicopter |
Registration: | N3894L |
MSN: | 3218 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | San Antonio, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | San Antonio, Texas |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE HELICOPTER WAS CONDUCTING A BARE HAND LIVE-LINE OPERATION OVER THE 345,000-VOLT ENERGIZED POWER LINE, AND WAS LOWERING THE ELECTRICAL LINE WORKER/FLIGHT CREWMAN TOWARD THE WORK AREA. THE WORKER RAISED HIS ARM WHICH COMPROMISED THE AIR GAP, AND RESULTED IN A FLASH OVER AND ELECTROCUTION.
CAUSE: THE LINEMAN/FLIGHT CREWMAN NOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW90LA133 at
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X23703&key=1&queryId=61882c22-b49d-4c9d-8eb1-55ff275c2cc5&pgno=1&pgsize=50 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=3894L Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Apr-2016 20:12 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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