Another Accident

[DrDukeSolomon]

Record #1

Cadors Number: 2011C1608

 

Reporting Region: Prairie & Northern

Occurrence Information

Occurrence Type: Accident

 

Occurrence Date: 2011-05-16

Occurrence Time: 1930 Z

 

Day Or Night: day-time

Fatalities: 0

 

Injuries: 1

Canadian Aerodrome ID: CYLJ

 

Aerodrome Name: Meadow Lake

Occurrence Location: 8 NM E of Meadow Lake (CYLJ)

Province: Saskatchewan

 

Country: CANADA

World Area: North America

Reported By: TSB Winnipeg

 

AOR Number:

TSB Class Of Investigation: 5

 

TSB Occurrence No: A11C0076

Aircraft Information

Flight #:

Aircraft Category: Helicopter

 

Country of Registration: CANADA

Make: AEROSPATIALE

 

Model: AS 350BA

Year Built: 1980

 

Amateur Built: No

Engine Make: TURBOMECA

 

Engine Model: ARRIEL 1B

Engine Type: Turbo shaft

 

Gear Type: Land

Phase of Flight: Cruise

 

Damage: Substantial

Owner: DELTA HELICOPTERS LTD.

 

Operator: DELTA HELICOPTERS LTD. (1017)

Operator Type: Commercial

Event Information

Collision with terrain

ELT/SAR/comm search

Loss of control - inflight

Propeller/rotor strike

Detail Information

User Name: Ridley, Rod

Date: 2011-05-18

Further Action Required: No

O.P.I.: System Safety

Narrative: The Delta Helicopters Aerospatiale AS350 BA, C-GVXA, was bucketing water in support of fire fighting operations near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. The winds were gusting out the SSE at 20 to 30 knots. The pilot was flying slowly just above tree top level in order to dump a load of water on a fire break area, when the nose of the helicopter suddenly swung to the left. The pilot added power, but the rotation increased. The pilot reduced power and lowered the collective. The helicopter entered the trees and came to rest on its right side with the tail boom separated from the helicopter. The pilot was transported to the Meadow Lake hospital and kept overnight for observation. RCC Trenton received an ELT from the helicopter.

[DrDukeSolomon]

Interesting thing about the above CADOR. The pilot added power, but the rotation increased. As it should to the left in an Astar...

[dimit]

There was a crew under the machine. The pilot sacrificed himself and the machine to protect the crew. As any of us would have tried to do.

 

Dick Mitten

[dvangenne]

Well said Dick. People really shouldn't post criticizing about how someone reacted in a situation when they don't know all the details. Please don't post unless you know all the facts.

 

- Derek van Genne

[Milan]

Again Well said Dick. Inform the no it all's about the actual facts involved, and get the speculation out of the way.

 

Milan P.

[SuddenStop]

Some of you need to get off your high horses.

 

The duke stated a fact...pull power, rotation increases....no brainer there.

 

what he did elude to was the fact CADORS needed to reference that. Its the same as if CADORS wrote "the pilot increased pitch and the helicopter flew into the air". Thats some basic physics that should be returned to grade 9.

 

He did not make any suggestion whatsoever to the pilots decisions in pulling power.

 

So get off his case and quit being such dicks about analysing every comment out of context.

[R22Captain]

Rod always has a way with words;)

 

bad string of machines getting bent and people getting hurt .....lets all be safe out there guys and gals

[dimit]

Pls do not use my first name as a perjorative, or the moderators will have to prohibit it again.

 

Thanks,

 

**** Mitten

 

(Sorry for the thread drift)

[R22Captain]

hahaha nicely played :up:

[Milan]

What the Duke said is actual fact, yes, My comment was not directed to the Duke but just to the fact of info gets passed along on this forum sometimes with a ton of speculation in tow.

Its good to see that Mitten is putting the facts out there.