ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22570
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 2000 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopters By Oz, Inc. |
| Registration: | N411SM |
| MSN: | 600743D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4392 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Montrose, COlorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter was engaged in an animal capture program. The pilot said that the net-gunner had deployed a net over a deer, when he felt the helicopter began to "shake violently." He said that the helicopter was approximately 10 feet off the ground; he landed it with 10 to 15 knots of forward speed. After sliding approximately 10 feet, the pilot heard a loud bang, and the aircraft rolled right and forward. The helicopter came to rest on its left side with its right landing skid broken. Postaccident examination of the helicopter's main rotor blades revealed that one blade had leading edge damage that corresponded in size to a missing net weight.
Probable Cause: the foreign object damage to a main rotor blade, while maneuvering.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X22345&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2008 18:22 | Topaz | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 19:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2022 12:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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