ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150256
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 April 2009 |
| Time: | 12:55 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma Mk2 |
| Owner/operator: | Bond Offshore Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-REDL |
| MSN: | 2612 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Makila 1A2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 nm NE of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | BP Miller platform, North Sea |
| Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ/EGPD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident occurred whilst the helicopter was operating a scheduled passenger flight from the Miller Platform in the North Sea, to Aberdeen. Whilst cruising at 2,000 ft amsl, and some 50 minutes into the flight, there was a catastrophic failure of the helicopter’s Main Gearbox (MGB) second stage planet gear in the epicyclic module.
The helicopter departed from cruise flight and shortly after this the main rotor and part of the epicyclic module separated from the fuselage. The helicopter then struck the surface of the sea with a high vertical speed.
The actions taken following the discovery of a magnetic particle on the epicyclic module chip detector on 25 March 2009, 36 flying hours prior to the accident, resulted in the particle not being recognised as an indication of degradation of the second stage planet gear, which subsequently failed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535958/Super-Puma-crashed-North-Sea-killing-16-men-declared-fit-service-day-tragedy-inquiry-heard.html
2019: https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/father-of-pilot-killed-in-north-sea-disaster-breaks-silence-on-anniversaryi-fear-nothing-has-changed-i-fear-it-could-happen-againsixteen-lives-cut-short/
AAIB________________________
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-eurocopter-as332l2-super-puma-g-redl-special-bulletin-s5-2009
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/2-2011-aerospatiale-eurocopter-as332-l2-super-puma-g-redl-1-april-2009
http://www.scotland-judiciary.org.uk/10/1244/Fatal-Accident-Inquiry---Super-Puma-Helicopter-Crash
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/annual-safety-report-2012
Media:
Scotland - “I fear nothing has changed. I fear it could happen again:” Father of AS332 Super Puma helicopter pilot killed with 15 other men in North Sea disaster breaks silence on anniversary.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 31 mars 2019
ASN : https://t.co/3noNtaZMi2
Press: https://t.co/tiVUgWhjM3 via @Sunday_Post pic.twitter.com/wBaR9h9NGp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Oct-2012 03:18 | TB | Added |
| 18-Oct-2012 08:04 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2012 16:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2012 08:00 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2013 12:44 | TB | Updated [Plane category, ] |
| 09-Jan-2014 08:20 | MarkStep | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Aug-2014 19:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 13:21 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2015 15:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2016 21:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Mar-2019 10:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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