ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188711
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| Date: | Sunday 17 July 2016 |
| Time: | 11:32 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropower Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-PLY |
| MSN: | 110887D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 39km NE of Hawker, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Port Augusta, SA |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter suffered an engine power loss during a powerline inspection flight. The resulting crash caused serious injuries to all three occupants.
The ATSB found that the pilot was mistakenly told by ground staff that the aircraft had been refuelled and through distraction, omitted a crosscheck of the fuel quantity before flight. The pilot’s monitoring of the fuel in-flight was based on anticipated endurance, which resulted in him not detecting a low fuel level.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-17/three-injured-in-helicopter-crash-north-east-of-hawker/7636090
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-078/
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/safety-advisory-notice/ao-2016-078-san-009/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 January 1998 | VH-HWD | 0 | Ulan State Mines, NSW | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2016 06:31 | Pineapple | Added |
| 17-Jul-2016 13:50 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 17-Jul-2016 13:53 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage] |
| 18-Jul-2016 15:37 | kardo | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2016 21:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2018 07:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:11 | harro | Updated [Departure airport] |
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