ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 735
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| Date: | Friday 20 June 2003 |
| Time: | 08:40 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Mariner |
| Owner/operator: | Cloud Nine Helicopters Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-OHA |
| MSN: | 1962M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Warragamba Dam, 13 km NW of Camden Aerodrome, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bankstown, Sydney, NSW (BWU/YSBK) |
| Bankstown, Sydney, NSW (BWU/YSBK) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 20 June 2003 at approximately 08:40, a Robinson Helicopter Company Model R22M Mariner helicopter, registered VH-OHA, was being used to conduct flying training in the Bankstown training area with an experienced flight instructor and student pilot. The helicopter was observed and heard flying in a normal manner. Witnesses reported subsequently hearing a number of loud bangs and one witness observed what appeared to be a main rotor blade separating from the helicopter. The helicopter descended to the ground in an inverted attitude and both occupants were fatally injured.
Examination of the accident site and helicopter wreckage confirmed that one main rotor blade had failed in-flight. Examination of the helicopter and its systems did not reveal any other abnormality that would have contributed to the loss of the main rotor blade."
A contemporary press report (see link #4) named one of the two persons on board, the flight instructor, as "Fraser Shannon, aged 42, from Tahmoor", the student pilot was not named: "The trainee, aged about 20, was having his second lesson for a private helicopter licence".
Sources:
1. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2003/aair/aair200302820/
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=24
3. http://georgehatcher.com/article/page10/robinson.html
4. https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/20/1055828489713.html
5. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/119920-fraser-shannon-benefit-night.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Sep-2016 20:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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