ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72573
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 2006 |
| Time: | 23:28 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma Mk2 |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters (BHL) |
| Registration: | G-JSAR |
| MSN: | 2576 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 25 km W off Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Offshore |
| Departure airport: | NAM/K15 Bravo |
| Den Helder | |
| Investigating agency: | Dutch Safety Board |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 21 November 2006 at 23.28 hours a Bristow search and rescue helicopter, a Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma, with registration G-JSAR made an emergency landing in the North Sea, approximately 10 nautical miles North West of Den Helder in the Netherlands. The 4 crew members and 13 passengers were rescued out of the water after approximately one hour and were transported ashore to Den Helder. One passenger suffered from light hypothermia and was taken to hospital, but was discharged within a few hours. The other occupants were not injured.
The passengers were staff from the offshore installation K15B, which is owned by NAM. Because of a blackout that had started at 20.00 hours that day, they had walked over to the Noble George Sauvageau, a drilling rig located next to the K15B, via a bridge. It was decided to take these nonessential staff from K15B ashore with the search and rescue helicopter G-JSAR . During the return flight of the G-JSAR, the cockpit crew reported engine speed fluctuations and experienced controllability problems and decided to make an emergency landing. All occupants evacuated the helicopter, but the life rafts located in the sponsons were not used during the evacuation. The Netherlands Coastguard organized and co-ordinated the rescue operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl:443/en/index.php/onderzoeken/noodlanding-in-zee-gemaakt-2006137/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2010 06:46 | TB | Added |
| 17-Feb-2010 10:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Feb-2010 11:46 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2013 19:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 06:23 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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