ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370917
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Date: | Thursday 16 June 1988 |
Time: | 17:00 LT |
Type: | Robinson R22HP |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N9076D |
MSN: | 0255 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1348 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mekoryuk, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Nunivak Island, AK |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS HERDING REINDEER FOR A NATIVE CORPORATION AND HE AND HIS PASSENGER HAD TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES SO THEY LANDED ON THE TUNDRA AND LEFT THE HELICOPTER'S ENGINE AND ROTORS OPERATING. AS THEY WERE EXITING THE HELICOPTER, IT SHIFTED ON THE TUNDRA AND THE TAILBOOM WAS FORCED UPWARD INTO THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAILBOOM, TAILROTOR, AND MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC88LA150 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC88LA150
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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