ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297160
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 June 2002 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A119 |
| Owner/operator: | St. Lucie Co Sheriff |
| Registration: | N911SL |
| MSN: | 14022 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 82 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B37A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Okeechobee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Okeechobee County Airport, FL (OBE/KOBE) |
| Fort Pierce-Treasure Coast International Airport, FL (FPR/KFPR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Just after takeoff from the hospital helicopter-pad, at an altitude of about 250 feet, the pilot reported hearing and feeling "a loud bang," and the helicopter "yawed to the right." The paramedic in the rear of the helicopter stated that she saw parts of the tail rotor go by the left side of the helicopter. The pilot turned the helicopter to the right 270 degrees, and elected to perform a run-on landing in a cow pasture. After touchdown the helicopter skidded several feet, and nosed down in the dirt, resulting in the main rotor blades making contact with the tailboom and subsequently separating the tailboom from the fuselage. Laboratory examination revealed that the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades, was a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar.
Probable Cause: the fracture of one of the tail rotor blades as a result of fatigue cracking in the blade spar, and subsquent impact of the main rotor with the tailboom.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA02TA109
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 15:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 30-May-2023 07:40 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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