ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153339
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| Date: | Sunday 17 February 2013 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom 480B |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | VH-VDC |
| MSN: | 5049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19 km N of Leongatha (YLEG), VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Trida, VIC |
| Trida, VIC | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Hit power lines and crashed during crop spraying. The pilot was unhurt.
Accident investigation:
 |
|
Sources:
http://m.smh.com.au/victoria/chopper-crash-causes-power-loss-20130217-2ela3.html
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/508221-pilot-survives-crash-near-leongatha-victoria.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-031.aspx
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/VH-VDC.html
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=VH-VDC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2013 05:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Feb-2013 22:55 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 09:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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