ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214968
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| Date: | Saturday 12 October 1985 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-SBR |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 97km NNE of Kununurra, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | YPKU |
| YPKU | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was requested by the passenger to land the helicopter on the mud flats to the north of Kununurra. He decided to make a run on landing as he believed he may have difficulty in hovering the helicopter. As the aircraft approached the touchdown point, the pilot allowed it to yaw into wind, but it contacted the ground still moving sideways. The left skid caught in the dry mud and the helicopter rolled onto its side. The pilot was inexperienced in the operation of helicopters and had experienced difficulty in hovering the aircraft when he departed Kununurra that morning. The approach to land on the mud flat was poorly planned and the pilot misjudged the altitude of the aircraft during the turn into wind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1985/aair/aair198500151/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31037/aair198500151.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2018 04:03 | Pineapple | Added |
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