Date: | Monday 3 August 2020 |
Time: | 19:41 |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 130B4 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N55GJ |
MSN: | 3745 |
Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2012 hours |
Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 2B1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Knoxville, TN - United States of America |
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS/KTYS) |
Private landing site, Knoxville, TN | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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A "steep approach" with "little-to-no airspeed" to a riverside landing site lead to VRS and a water impact. One passenger was unable to escape from the sinking helicopter. https://t.co/1SM3D3Hqkj #helicopter #vrs #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/RXLganb9Gw
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) July 2, 2022
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04-Aug-2020 01:55 | Geno | Added |
04-Aug-2020 02:01 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
04-Aug-2020 06:02 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 06:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 06:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 06:43 | HeliHub | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
04-Aug-2020 06:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Source] |
04-Aug-2020 10:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
04-Aug-2020 10:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
04-Aug-2020 13:49 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Source] |
04-Aug-2020 21:31 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
26-Aug-2020 08:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
24-Jun-2022 15:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
29-Jun-2022 12:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
02-Jul-2022 13:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
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10-May-2023 13:05 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Embed code]] |