ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59515
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| Date: | Sunday 3 March 1991 |
| Time: | 14:01 |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Sea World |
| Registration: | VH-TCH |
| MSN: | 45209 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | South Stradbroke Island, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Sea World, Gold Coast, QLD |
| Sea World, Gold Coast, QLD | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting a short joy-flight with six passengers from the Sea World complex. About 4 km north of the complex, the helicopter was seen to climb steeply in a near-vertical nose-high attitude. As the helicopter fell backwards from the nose-high attitude, the tail boom was severed by the main rotor blades. The cabin and the separated tail boom fell to ground on the ocean beach of South Stradbroke Island. The main body of the helicopter exploded and caught fire, scattering debris over a wide area. All seven occupants received fatal injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1991/AAIR/pdf/199102520.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2009 23:11 | nitroglycol | Added |
| 09-Jun-2022 10:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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