ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199880
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| Date: | 29-DEC-2008 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-76A |
| Owner/operator: | Atlas Taxi Aereo |
| Registration: | PR-IME |
| MSN: | 760178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Macaé Airport -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Macaé Airport |
| Platform P-12 | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was transporting Petrobras employees to offshore oil production platforms in the Campos Basin. Shortly after takeoff, the flight crew observed an AC generator caution light and returned to the airport. Before landing, a fire warning light also illuminated. Upon landing on Runway 24, all seven escaped from the burning helicopter without injury. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the Sikorsky S-76A was substantially damaged.
CENIPA identified damaged Kapton wiring as the source of the fire.
Sources:
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/4-february-1982/
http://sistema.cenipa.aer.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/PR-IME_29_12_2008_AC.pdf
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2017 08:43 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 10-Jun-2020 22:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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