ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66544
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| Date: | Thursday 3 February 2000 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-2 JetRanger II |
| Owner/operator: | Kovacs Táxi Aéreo |
| Registration: | PT-HON |
| MSN: | 2159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 70 km from Cametá, PA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tucuruí, PA (SBTU) |
| Cametá, PA | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter took off from Tucuruí, PA (SBTU), bound for Cameta, PA , for an inspection flight on a line of high-voltage transmission, carrying the pilot and three passengers. At about 70 km from Cameta, PA, encountered bad weather and then the helicopter crashed into the grid, holding up a thread. This caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft , which came to crash into the ground . The pilot died at the scene , one of the passengers suffered serious injuries and the others were injured slightly . The aircraft was severely damaged .
2. Contributing factors
a. Human Factor
(1) Physiological Aspect - Did not contribute.
(2) Psychological Aspect - Contributed.
The pilot took a long time to decide for the flight interruption, despite the risks resulting from the adverse weather conditions on the route; this was due to overconfidence in his flight experience and professional capacity.
b. Operational Factor
(1). Adverse weather conditions - Contributed.
The presence of rain damaged visibility when approaching for landing, making it more difficult to see the steel cable that was near the transmission line, allowing the collision of the tail of the aircraft with this cable.
Strong winds with gusts made it difficult to maintain a stabilized flight on the approach for landing.
(2). Deficient judgment - Contributed.
The pilot did not correctly evaluate the situation by insisting on continuing his flight, even when the weather conditions on the route were adverse.
He also contributed by deciding to land in a restricted area very close to the transmission lines, a situation aggravated by the large angle approach required to overcome the wires. The inverse route, if chosen, remained in good weather conditions and the aircraft still had 1 h 50 min. of autonomy.
(3). Deficient supervision - contributed.
Contributor for not having established adequate control mechanisms for the execution of flights under his responsibility, allowing the pilot to take off for the mission without the proper authorization of the SRPV-Belém to perform the flight inspection of lines, and without the pilot contacting the air traffic control agencies and thus obtaining the weather reports for the region to be flown.
(4). Poor planning - contributed.
The pilot did not consult the meteorological information before making his flight, being surprised by the bad weather on the route.
(5). Other operational aspects - Contributed.
The passenger who loosened his seat belt, aiming at an immediate evacuation, was not properly guided regarding the normal procedures and mainly the emergency ones on board the aircraft.
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Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www2.anac.gov.br/segVoo/seguranca6.asp
2. http://www.aeromuseu.com.br/rab_pt.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170707074843/http://www2.anac.gov.br:80/segVoo/seguranca6.asp
5. http://www.desastresaereos.net/acidentes_helicopteros_02.htm#2000
6. http://sistema.cenipa.aer.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/pt_hon_03_02_00.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2009 01:28 | harro | Added |
| 05-Apr-2015 06:28 | junior sjc | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 12-Apr-2015 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2015 16:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Sep-2020 17:34 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2020 17:35 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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