ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210193
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Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1997 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Bell 47G-3B1 |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | VH-HGM |
MSN: | 6597 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Leeton, NSW -
Australia
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | BASI |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft was engaged in an aerial spraying operation when the main rotor came into contact with a steel rod in the crop. The subsequent rotor imbalance resulted in a forced landing in which the aircraft landed heavily and the main rotor severed the tail boom.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BASI |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1997/aair/199702020/ https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4930910/199702020.pdf
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