ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22932
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| Date: | Thursday 25 September 2008 |
| Time: | c. 08:35 |
| Type: |  Bell 407 |
| Owner/operator: | True North No. 2 Pty. Ltd. |
| Registration: | VH-NSH |
| MSN: | 53376 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea near Talbot Bay, Kimberley, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bell 407 helicopter crashed into the ocean at Talbot Bay minutes after taking off from the holiday vessel True North. The 7 occupants survived but the heli sank.
The investigation found that there had been a ‘burst’ failure of the engine outer combustion case as a result of ongoing high-cycle fatigue cracking during normal engine operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24402039-948,00.html
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/1539509/ao2008067_final.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2008 04:03 | RobertMB | Added |
| 08-Sep-2014 13:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2022 11:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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