ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360346
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| Date: | Monday 6 June 1994 |
| Time: | 16:50 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Cherry Helicopters, Inc. |
| Registration: | N4943T |
| MSN: | 1190614D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2189 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kaneohe, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu, HI (HNL) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said the helicopter was lifting construction supplies to a power line tower in a mountainous area above the staging area. On the accident flight segment, the helicopter had delivered a load of dry cement in a cargo net and was returning with the empty paper bags in the cargo net. As the helicopter established a 20-foot hover at the staging area, the net flew upward into the tail rotor. The tail rotor assembly and gear box separated from the tail boom and the helicopter began to spin. The pilot lowered the collective to initiate an autorotation and the helicopter landed hard.
Probable Cause: the operator's and pilot's failure to ensure that the cargo net containing empty paper bags was sufficiently ballasted to prevent it from flying up into the tail rotor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94LA241
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1988 | N4943T | Cherry Helicopters, Inc. | 0 | Waialua, Oahu, HI | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 20:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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