ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58627
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| Date: | Saturday 16 October 1993 |
| Time: | 07:35 |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Helica, opf. South Pacific Heli Logging |
| Registration: | YS-1005P |
| MSN: | 8146 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hokitika, West Coast -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter went out of control and broke up while in cruising flight. An uncommanded yaw led to a pitch excursion severe enough for the main rotor to sever the tail boom. The precise cause of the yaw could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
TAIC Report
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?view=default
http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/1993-013/Page/22/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2009 23:35 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-May-2009 02:29 | XLerate | Updated |
| 18-Feb-2011 05:43 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 06:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Sep-2021 13:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Dec-2021 22:12 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Nature] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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