ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186391
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| Date: | Friday 20 March 1992 |
| Time: | 16:26 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B Jet Ranger III |
| Owner/operator: | Manchester Helicopter Charter Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-MHCC |
| MSN: | 1363 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off Morecambe Bay, Morecambe, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blackpool, Lancashire (BLK/EGLK) |
| Ronaldsway, Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 20-3-1992 when engine failed during a flight between Blackpool Airport and Douglas, Isle of Man. Helicopter ditched into Morecambe Bay. off Morecambe, Lancashire, sank, and was not recovered. The pilot was rescued by a SAR Sea King helicopter from Warton. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Whilst en route from Blackpool to Ronaldsway, Isle of Man and cruising at 3,000 feet over the Irish Sea, the helicopter's engine reportedly failed. The pilot put out a distress call and carried out an auto rotation to the sea. After touchdown the helicopter turned over and quickly later sank.
The pilot was able to escape and inflate his life vest. Shortly after the ditching, a Cessna aircraft dropped a life raft to the pilot and he was eventually rescued by a Sea King helicopter. The helicopter ditched some 22 nautical miles off Blackpool, about 20 minutes after take-off."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "helicopter sank and was not recovered". As a result, the registration G-MHCC was cancelled by the CAA on 21-5-1992 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f239e5274a13140003c7/Bell_Jet_Ranger_III__G-MHCC_06-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MHCC
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14669
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/196414-bell-206-jetranger-longranger-9.html#post982138
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2016 18:23 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 15-Apr-2016 15:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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