Date:	21-MAR-1980
Time:
Type:	Sikorsky S-76A
Owner/operator:	Votec Servicios Aereos Regionals
Registration:	PT-HKB
MSN:	760008
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Macaé, RJ -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed into sea during an offshore oil & gas flight after a main rotor spindle failure (a fatigue failure that had propagated from the first thread at the inboard end). Spindle TSN 650 FH.

G-BGXY suffered a spindle failure 12 Mar 1981 prior to maintenance instructions for a dimensional check being issued after the accident to PT-HKB.

World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
WAAS
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-032
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-033
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=A-80-034
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=31902

Safety recommendation A-80-32 issued 24 April 1980 by NTSB to FAA
Safety recommendation A-80-33 issued 24 April 1980 by NTSB to FAA
Safety recommendation A-80-34 issued 24 April 1980 by NTSB to FAA

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
12-Jun-2010 08:05	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
13-Jun-2010 13:22	TB	Updated [Location]
28-Mar-2016 17:46	Aerossurance	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2016 18:25	Aerossurance	Updated [Source]