ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168764
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 1991 |
| Time: | 10:10 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 214ST |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-BKJD |
| MSN: | 28114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Kittiwake Platform, North Sea, 81 miles E of Aberdeen -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | Maresk Highlander Platform, North Sea |
| Aberdeen Airport, Dyce (ABZ/EGPD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Diverted to Kittiwake platform, North Sea, 81 miles East of Aberdeen, after severe high-frequency vibrations en route between the Maresk Highlander platform, in the North Sea, and Aberdeen Airport. Loss of tail rotor counterweight bell crank assemblies was identified as the cause.
A complete replacement tail rotor and gear box assembly was flown from Aberdeen to the Kittiwake platform, and fitted to G-BKJD. After a series of test runs, the helicopter was flown to Aberdeen later the same day
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422eaef40f0b61346000033/Bell_214ST__G-BKJD_01-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BKJD
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14663
4. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/33720/
5. G-BKJD on March 23 1991: https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/3837161353 (in BHL colours and hangar)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1994 | G-BKJD | Bristow Helicopters | 0 | near Petrojarl 1, East Shetland Basin | |
non |
| Vortex ring state | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2014 17:56 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 15-Aug-2014 18:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2014 14:24 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2016 18:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2016 10:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Source] |
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