ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218578
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| Date: | Sunday 17 April 1988 |
| Time: | 14:25 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B1 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-CSI |
| MSN: | 6504 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Battle Creek, NT -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Battle Creek, NT |
| Battle Creek, NT | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was mustering cattle when the helicopter yawed to the right. Believing there was a tail rotor failure, the pilot turned to the left towards a clearing to land as soon as possible. The landing was heavy, and the main rotors severed the tail boom. Investigation revealed that the initial yaw to the right had occurred when the main rotor blades struck trees. The pilot did not realise during the short time interval between the decision to land and the landing itself, that if there had been a tail rotor failure he would not have been able to maintain normal control when positioning for landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1988/aair/aair198800712/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/29792/aair198800712.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1988 | VH-CSI | 0 | 75km NNW of Robinson River HS, NT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 26-Nov-2018 12:41 | Pineapple | Added |
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