ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48354
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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 2006 |
| Time: | 12:55 UTC |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 355F1 Ecureuil 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Service Belgium |
| Registration: | OO-HSH |
| MSN: | 5157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Federal police heliport of D’Herbouville Kaai, Antwerp -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Federal police heliport of D’Herbouville Kaai, Antwerp Belgium |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two helicopters of Heli Service Belgium (HSB), an AB206A (OO-SKE) and an AS355F1 (OO-HSH), were positioned and about to take-off at the Federal police heliport of D’Herbouville Kaai, Antwerp Belgium (5.8km West-North-West of Antwerp Airport) to broadcast a cycling race.
OO-HSH, positioned at the right side behind OO-SKE, takes off followed immediately by OO-SKE. Due to faulty communication (different communication frequencies) between the pilots on one hand, and between ground crew and pilots on the other hand, neither pilot is aware of the other helicopter’s take-off. A slight deviation to the right of OO-SKE leads to a collision of both helicopters; OO-SKE’s main rotor tears through the tail boom, vertical fin and the tail rotor of OO-HSH. Because of this, the latter crashed and impacts the wall of a building. The pilot of OO-SKE is able to make an emergency landing
One of the two occupants of AS 350F OO-HSH received serious injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/binaries/AA-6-2_tcm466-209194.pdf
2. http://www.scramble.nl [Scramble 327]
3. photo of wreckage of OO-SKE: http://www.belgian-wings.be/webpages//navigator/news/images/OO-SKE_crash-2.jpg
4. http://www.asa-be.com/images/PhotoGallery_BCR2/OO-HAA/OO-HSH.jpg
5. http://www.belgian-wings.be/webpages//navigator/news/news_2006_2.htm
Media:
AS 350F OO-HSH Off-Airport at Waregem, Belgium, March 23, 2005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2012 02:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2014 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2020 19:53 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 07:28 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type, Country] |
| 29-Jan-2022 07:29 | harro | Updated [Country] |
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