ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194278
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| Date: | Friday 17 March 2017 |
| Time: | 11:44 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206A Jet Ranger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-DPU |
| MSN: | 8130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Keppel Creek, Curtis Island, SE of Rockhampton, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caboolture Airfield, QLD (YCAB) |
| Keppel Creek, Curtis Island | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 17 March 2017, an Agusta AB206A helicopter, registered VH-DPU, departed Caboolture Airfield, for Curtis Island, Queensland, on a private flight. On board the helicopter were the pilot and one passenger.
The pilot reported that they tracked along the coast at about 500 ft and then turned the helicopter to the left from the coast to identify their planned landing site. The pilot was uncertain of the number of turns conducted near the landing site, but believed that it was during the second turn at about 50 ft and 40–60 kt that they suddenly felt there was ‘no power’. The pilot reported that the helicopter made one uncontrolled turn through about 360° during the descent, and at some stage they lowered the collective with the assumption the engine had failed. The helicopter initially impacted upright in the water before the airframe separated from the helicopter skids, turned through 180° and rolled onto its left side.
At about 0300 on 19 March 2017, a rescue helicopter located the wreckage and survivors, who were transferred to Rockhampton Hospital. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured and the helicopter was substantially damaged.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/19/06/34/two-men-injured-in-helicopter-crash-into-queensland-creek_
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/two-men-rescued-after-12hour-hunt-for-missing-helicopter-20170318-gv199k.html
https://m.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/breaking-seriously-injured-men-found-on-island-bea/3156435/
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/03/19/two-men-rescued-after-helicopter-crash
https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/rockhampton/2017/03/19/helicopter-crash-off-curtis-island/
http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/DPU
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-19/crashed-helicopter-curtis-island-injured-men-rescued/8367360
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-033/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cqplanespotting/11433426645
Location
Media:
Two men rescued 48 hours after chopper crash in Queensland croc country https://t.co/rDJSDU6lbQ #CurtisIsland #7News https://t.co/sp6JCCLtTy
— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) March 19, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2017 16:29 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Mar-2017 19:16 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 19-Mar-2017 07:12 | bidgee | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2017 08:20 | bidgee | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Mar-2017 08:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 19-Mar-2017 14:03 | kardo | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2017 23:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2017 11:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Apr-2017 21:08 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Nov-2023 14:33 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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