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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Snias AS350B2 · Nuiqsut, AK · August 21, 2006

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Date: August 21, 2006 · 19:20 local
Place: Nuiqsut, AK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator: EOOL
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: CFYUN
Reported as: Snias AS350B2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total3,000 in this make and model196 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While slinging a load in IMC conditions the load came in contact with the tail of the helicopter causing separation of the tail boom and loss of control of the helicopter. privacy data omitted (-23 Amendment) while slinging a load in marginal VFR conditions the load came in contact with the tail of the helicopter causing separation of the tail boom and loss of control of the helicopter. Single occupant fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE SLINGING A LOAD IN IMC CONDITIONS THE LOAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE TAIL BOOM AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ (-23 AMENDMENT) WHILE SLINGING A LOAD IN MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS THE LOAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE TAIL BOOM AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER. SINGLE OCCUPANT FATALLY INJURED.