ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176676
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 2015 |
| Time: | 08:05 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RAMY |
| MSN: | 1401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Creg-ny-Baa, Baldwin Valley, IOM -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Creg-ny-Baa |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
the aircraft (registered to Lincair Ltd) was destroyed when crashed near Creg-ny-Baa, a public house on the Mountain Road NW of Douglas, Isle of Man. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. The aircraft had flown two passengers to the Creg-ny-Baa shortly beforehand.
The AAIB Summary reads as follows:
"The pilot of G-RAMY, a Bell 206B Jet Ranger II, had disembarked his two passengers and lifted off for the return flight, in an area of mountainous terrain. The wind was from 220-230 degrees, gusting to 46 knots and the aircraft was seen to head initially into the wind. It was then seen to turn right onto a north-easterly track and the fuselage was seen to oscillate in roll. The fuselage then rotated in yaw beneath the rotor disc, more than once, and the nose of the helicopter pitched up into the rotor disc, being destroyed as it did so. The fuselage of the helicopter, its rotors and many fragments then fell separately to the ground, where the fuselage impact was not survivable for the pilot.
Examination of the wreckage showed that there had been a catastrophic failure of the helicopter’s main rotor mast in flight and there was clear evidence that this had been due to heavy ‘mast bumping’ contact between the teeter (‘static’) stops on the main rotor head and the main rotor mast. This was consistent with the observed behaviour of the helicopter, where the pilot appears to have been attempting to control the aircraft in turbulent conditions."
Appropriate training in mountain flying techniques and the associated hazards could have assisted the pilot in executing the flight successfully, or making a decision not to fly in the challenging wind conditions which prevailed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-bell-206b-jet-ranger-ii-g-ramy
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=RAMY
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.iomtoday.co.im/video/news/helicopter-crash-4279901702001]
4. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/helicopter-fatality-witnesses-saw-difficulties-moments-earlier/
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20151130155617/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/pilot-dies-in-helicopter-crash-near-the-tt-course-1-7296842
6. http://news.sky.com/story/1497488/pilot-killed-in-isle-of-man-helicopter-crash
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-33034542
Media:
AAIB investigation report following helicopter accident in mountainous terrain on 6 June 15 https://t.co/n1pcJoOWgg pic.twitter.com/spbXX7wn31
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) June 9, 2016
The AAIB has sent a team to investigate a helicopter accident on the Isle of Man.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) June 6, 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2015 12:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 13:52 | StreetF117 | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:55 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:36 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Jun-2015 17:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 07-Jun-2015 12:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2015 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2015 17:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2015 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 13-Jun-2015 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Jun-2016 15:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2016 15:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 03-Sep-2016 08:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2016 14:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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