ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214827
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| Date: | Sunday 15 February 2015 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Texas Helicopters Inc |
| Registration: | N7181S |
| MSN: | 3008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O&VO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Asherton, Dimmit County, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Asherton, Dimmit County, Texas |
| Asherton, Dimmit County, Texas | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Robinson R22 Beta N7181S was written off at 10:30 CST (Central Summer Time) on February 15, 2015 when it crashed during agricultural ops (cattle herding) at Asherton, Dimmit County, Texas (at approximate co ordinates 28.56 N Latitude, 99.41 W Longitude). According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:
"According to the pilot, he was herding cattle with the helicopter. He descended to an altitude of about 10 feet to get the cattle to turn and enter a pen. After the cattle entered the pen, he maneuvered away and gained altitude to clear some nearby trees. The pilot thought the helicopter was clear of the trees; however, the tail rotor impacted a tree. The helicopter started to spin, so he reduced the throttle to stop the spin. The helicopter impacted terrain, resulting in substantial damage the main rotor blades, fuselage, and tail boom.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot did not maintain adequate clearance from the trees."
Aircraft presumably written off (damaged beyond economic repair) as the registration N7181S was cancelled by the FAA on March 28 2018
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Accident Number: CEN15CA153 at https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20150225X45502&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=CA
2. FAA Registration: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N7181S
3. http://helihub.com/2015/02/15/15-feb-15-n7181s-robinson-r22-asherton-us-texas/
4. https://prijet.com/accident/20150225X45502
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherton,_Texas
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 23:59 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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