ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181045
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 November 2015 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 365N3+ Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Western Australia Police |
| Registration: | VH-WPX |
| MSN: | 6936 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jandakot Airport, WA (JAD/YPJT) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Jandakot Airport, WA (JAD/YPJT) |
| Jandakot Airport, WA (JAD/YPJT) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A maintenance inspection revealed damage to a main rotor blade following a test flight. ATSB describe as a 'FOD issue'.
A spanner that had been used during the track and balance related adjustments could not be located. It was later located on an adjacent taxiway about 43 m from the hangar. Due to the scuff marks and scratches found on the spanner, it was determined that it had been left in the rotor head area and was likely ejected during the aircraft start up.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2015/aair/ao-2015-127.aspx
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7890052
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/tool-control-rotor-fod/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5770449/ao-2015-127-final.pdf
Location
Media:
Rotor blade FOD incident / tool control tips https://t.co/fC9qkyHAQN #flightsafety #humanerror pic.twitter.com/LCB6jRTm6M
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) May 31, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2015 10:04 | Pineapple | Added |
| 16-Nov-2015 08:31 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2015 00:00 | Geno | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-Nov-2015 10:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 27-May-2016 08:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2016 08:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Sep-2020 16:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-May-2022 22:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 07-Jun-2022 21:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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