ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236972
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1975 |
| Time: | 11:28 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 319B Alouette III |
| Owner/operator: | Belgian civil protection |
| Registration: | OO-PCB |
| MSN: | 2151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 29 April 1975 trials were held on new methods of evacuating people using a cargo swing under an alouette III. The day started around 10:55LT when the aircraft took off with 2 barrels of 200l in the netting and all the options of jettisoning the cargo-swing (3) were tested. this was followed by a flight with 2 people in the netting, then 3 and then 4. During the final test with 5 people in the netting it went wrong. 1 minute after takeoff at around 230ft the netting came loose from the aircraft and the people inside plummeted down. The pilot was notified by ground personal and confirmed this by saying the “elingue” light was on, this is a warning that the hook is open.
Cause: the cause of the accident was the hook opening mid-flight resulting in the loss of the netting, there no abnormalities found regarding the systems during tests prior/after the incident with the hook and the reason for the sudden hook opening was never determined.
Sources:
https://www.helispot.be/hs/documents/ongevallen/oo-pcb.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 January 1978 | OO-PCB | Heliflight | 0 | Bruges, West Flanders | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2020 08:38 | Kev | Added |
| 14-Jun-2020 12:49 | Kev | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Nov-2022 07:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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