ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215599
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| Date: | Monday 6 January 1986 |
| Time: | 17:46 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-OCT |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 10km N of Colson Camp, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Colson Camp, NT |
| Colson Camp, NT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was carrying out a survey in a remote area. When last light occurred, the aircraft was still some distance from the base camp. The pilot decided to follow a road into the camp. En route, the engine lost power and an autorotational decent was carried out for a landing on the road. During the landing, the left skid struck a low dirt bank and the tail rotor struck the dirt bank on the opposite of the road. Throughout the survey, the pilot had used a higher than normal cruise power setting, but had not recalculated the endurance for the higher fuel usage. The engine failed after the fuel became exhausted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1986/aair/aair198600685/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/32179/aair198600685.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2018 03:23 | Pineapple | Added |
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