ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45929
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 May 2001 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | Southside Landfill |
| Registration: | N5259N |
| MSN: | 53192 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 591 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Schoolcraft, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Huntington, IN (HHG) |
| Schoolcraft, MI | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A pilot rated passenger who had been seated in the rear of the helicopter was fatally injured when he was struck by the main rotor blade upon exiting the helicopter. The helicopter was flown to the rear seat passengers residence and was landed on a low trailer, approximately 8 inches high. The pilot who had flow the helicopter to this location had been seated in the front right seat. The left front seat was occupied by another pilot and the pilot rated passenger was in the right rear seat. After landing, the right seat pilot and the passenger in the rear exited the helicopter. The left seat pilot held the controls waiting for the other two occupants to exit so he could fly the helicopter to another location. The left seat pilot reported that the passenger exited the right rear side of the helicopter and as the passenger neared the two-thirty position of the helicopter, he saw him falling forward. He reported the passenger fell to the ground and never moved. He reported he then shut down the engine and applied the rotor brake. The fatally injured passenger was a helicopter pilot. His family reported that he had been flying airplanes since the 1960's and had been a helicopter pilot since 1988.
Probable Cause: The pilot rated passenger failed to maintain clearance with the rotor blades as he exited the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010525X01016&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jan-2010 10:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2013 12:57 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 11:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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