ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63039
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1970 |
| Time: | 12:21 |
| Type: | Sikorsky S-62A |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopter Utilities P/L |
| Registration: | VH-ANE |
| MSN: | 62-010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sheepwash Point, Lake Wellington, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Longford, VIC (11:24) |
| Lake Wellington, VIC | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Hit the water while practicing autorotative landings and overturned. Helicopter rebuilt and back to service.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1970/aair/aair197002601.aspx
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 May 1973 | VH-ANE | Airfast Services P/L | 0 | near Polmaise Reef, QLD | |
w/o |
Images:
Photo: BASI
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 16-Aug-2010 14:42 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage] |
| 01-Jun-2014 17:30 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:44 | harro | Updated [Photo, Accident report, ] |
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