ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299290
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 2000 |
| Time: | 02:16 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 412 |
| Owner/operator: | University Health Systems Inc. |
| Registration: | N411UT |
| MSN: | 33125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5259 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6-T-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | KARNS, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | KNOXVILLE , TN (95A) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated he landed at an landing zone to pick up in jured personnel. The slope was too steep so he decided to reposition the helicopter, and picked up to a hover. He was looking out the left side of the helicopter watching wires next to a driveway. He turned the tail to the right and the tail rotor collided with a 15 foot tall tree.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout while repo sitioning the helicopter at a road side landing zone resulting in an in-flight (hover) collision with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA00LA098
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 December 2006 | N410MA | Mercy Air Service, Inc. | 3 | Hesperia, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 04:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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