ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222281
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 February 2019 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 412 |
| Owner/operator: | Brigada de Refuerzo en Incendios Forestales (BRIF) |
| Registration: | EC-MAQ |
| MSN: | 33032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Llongoria -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Tabuyo del Monte |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bell 412 aircraft, registration EC-MAQ, made an emergency landing on the Narcea riverbed, approximately 700 m west-northwest of the municipality of Llongoria (Asturias), after impacting the tail rotor with vegetation when making a water refueling in the aforementioned river.
The aircraft was performing firefighting tasks in the area of Belmonte (Asturias).
The crew was beginning the second flight period of the day at the fire, after a first one of two hours duration. In this second period they were about to load water to the bambi bucket in a different area from the first period: a pool of the Narcea river where the riverbed opened in two. When they reached the selected area, they made a first test load of water and released it in the same place where they were carrying out the stationary loading flight. During the second load, the crew did not notice that the aircraft had moved backwards, causing the tail rotor blades to come into contact with nearby vegetation.
Upon perceiving the contact, the pilot in command reduced power completely by taking a level attitude over the riverbed in an area where the water depth was approximately 1 m. The two occupants of the aircraft were in the water.
The two occupants of the aircraft were unharmed and exited the aircraft under their own power. The aircraft sustained significant damage to the rear rotor, main rotor, drive shaft and landing gear skids.
The investigation has determined that the cause of the accident was the incorrect execution of a water reloading maneuver over a watercourse, due to a lack of adherence to procedures.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ileon.com/actualidad/094926/accidente-sin-danos-personales-del-helicoptero-de-las-brif-de-tabuyo-en-asturias
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2019/02/26/in-pics-helicopter-tackling-wildfire-in-spain-plunges-into-river-after-clipping-trees/
https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/asturias/2019/02/26/helicoptero-precipita-rio-belmonte/00031551198101119143105.htm
https://www.elcomercio.es/asturias/incendios-forestales-asturias-20190226154237-nt.html
https://twitter.com/AT_Brif/status/1100417815977381888
https://fireaviation.com/2019/02/28/bell-412-lands-in-water-after-tail-rotor-strike-while-refilling-water-bucket/
http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=498792
Images:
Media:
Un helicóptero de la BRIF de Tabuyo aterriza de emergencia en el río Narcea https://t.co/w2y6YQqWJH pic.twitter.com/ghT3PkdybK
— Tribuna de León (@tribunaLeon) February 26, 2019
Me han mandado este otro video. "rescate" del EC-MAQ.
— mario mc 🇪🇸 (@eb4ewl) 1 mars 2019
No se autor. Encantado de nombrarle si lo supiera o aparece. pic.twitter.com/vfzmcrnMKd
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2019 18:47 | cear2002 | Added |
| 26-Feb-2019 18:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Embed code] |
| 26-Feb-2019 23:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 02-Mar-2019 02:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2019 20:24 | Geno | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 26-Apr-2021 16:32 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Apr-2021 16:38 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, Accident report] |
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