ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217041
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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-HJW |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 3km SE of St Paul's Station, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Airville, QLD |
| St Paul's Station, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the descent the pilot heard a loud bang, following which the engine stopped. An autorotational descent was carried out for a landing onto the clearest available area, a dry river bed. The helicopter touched down with some forward speed on the soft sand, pitched forward and rolled over. An inspection of the wreckage revealed that a connecting rod big-end had failed due to fatigue. These fatigue cracks had initiated in the area of the recesses for the big end bolt nuts, where production machining was found to be quite coarse. This accident was not the subject of an on-site investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198703464/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/28284/aair198703464.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2018 13:07 | Pineapple | Added |
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