ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292060
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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 2006 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280C |
| Owner/operator: | Marpat Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N5691B |
| MSN: | 1180 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1804 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-EIAD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Danville, West Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Logan, WV (6L4) |
| Portsmouth Regional Airport, OH (PMH/KPMH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Approximately 7 minutes after takeoff, the pilot of the helicopter heard a "loud snap," and experienced a 5 to 10 degree right yaw. This occurred a second time, 5 to 8 seconds later. The pilot declared an emergency and elected to make a precautionary landing. During the approach, he experienced a third snap sound and yaw movement. The helicopter was at an airspeed below 20 knots, and about 8 to 10 feet above the ground, when the pilot heard a bang, and felt ground contact. The helicopter rolled to the left, and the main rotor blades contacted the ground. Examination of the helicopter confirmed drive train continuity to the main and tail rotor drive shafts. A ground scar, consistent with tail rotor ground contact, was observed about 60 feet from the main wreckage. The tail rotor gear box, drive shaft and blade assembly were located about 250 feet from the main wreckage. Examination of the tail rotor gearbox and adjacent components did not reveal any preexisting damage; however, it also did not reveal any indications of rotational damage. Examination of the override clutch assembly, which drove both the main transmission and the tail rotor system, revealed preexisting damage that occurred at an undeterminable time prior to the accident. The accident helicopter was involved in a previous hard landing accident about 13 months, and 87 hours of operation prior, during which, it had a tail rotor strike, and a fractured tail rotor drive shaft. The override clutch assembly was not removed for inspection after that accident; nor was it specifically required to be removed and inspected per the manufacturer's maintenance guidelines for "Special Inspection for Sudden Stoppage, Main and/or Tail Rotor Blade Strikes."
Probable Cause: A partial failure of the override clutch assembly. A contributing factor to the accident was the manufacturer's inadequate inspection procedures of the override clutch assembly following a tail rotor strike.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC06LA175
History of this aircraft
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| 12 August 2005 | N5691B | Marpat Aviation | 0 | Saulsville, West Virginia | |
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| 08-Oct-2022 13:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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