ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189364
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 2016 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV |
| Owner/operator: | Acadiana Helicopter LLC |
| Registration: | N7898X |
| MSN: | 52299 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce M250-C30P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | St Martin's Parish, Broussard, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot of the skid-equipped helicopter, he was practicing landing on an 18 foot by 18 foot transport dolly. The pilot reported that during his second landing on the dolly, he landed on the aft end of the dolly and the helicopter slid backwards. He recalled that he heard and felt a thump, pulled pitch, and the helicopter ascended about 5 feet, yawed to the right and he initiated an autorotation and landed. He reported that the bottom of the skids showed scrape marks, "so I must have slid back off the dolly and hit the tail stinger." The tailboom and the vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in the helicopter sliding off the aft end of the transport dolly.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.katc.com/story/32791139/helicopter-crash-in-broussard
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2016 23:46 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Aug-2016 09:30 | CTYONE | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2016 12:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2016 12:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2016 12:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2016 12:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase] |
| 29-Aug-2016 16:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Sep-2016 08:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Jan-2017 15:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
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