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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B · Gulf Of Mexico, US · July 8, 2007

Date: July 8, 2007 · 08:00 local
Place: Gulf Of Mexico, US
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: U0GA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N147BH
Reported as: Snias AS350B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,742 total120 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

N147BHRegistration cancelled May 24, 2013 · Aerospatiale AS350BS/N 1273 · Built 1980 Airframe modelAerospatiale AS350B Engine modelTurbomeca ARRIEL-1SERTurbo-shaft

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What happened

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

(-23) After a normal approach and landing, collective was lowered to flat pitch when a severe vertical vibration occurred. Emergency shut down procedures were employed. After exiting the helicopter found star flex had separated at blue blade and tailboom had crush damage aft of connection point. Separation of star flex appears to be "static overload." Complete assembly being sent to Eurocopter france for evaluation. Component total time 481.6. AD 2000-20-19 is applicable and was complied with at component time of 55.0 hrs. Operator inspected remaining fleet of 37 AS-350 helicopters and found no anomalies.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING, COLLECTIVE WAS LOWERED TO FLAT PITCH WHEN A SEVERE VERTICAL VIBRATION OCCURRED. EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES WERE EMPLOYED. AFTER EXITING THE HELICOPTER FOUND STAR FLEX HAD SEPARATED AT BLUE BLADE AND TAILBOOM HAD CRUSH DAMAGE AFT OF CONNECTION POINT. SEPARATION OF STAR FLEX APPEARS TO BE "STATIC OVERLOAD." COMPLETE ASSEMBLY BEING SENT TO EUROCOPTER FRANCE FOR EVALUATION. COMPONENT TOTAL TIME 481.6. AD 2000-20-19 IS APPLICABLE AND WAS COMPLIED WITH AT COMPONENT TIME OF 55.0 HRS. OPERATOR INSPECTED REMAINING FLEET OF 37 AS-350 HELICOPTERS AND FOUND NO ANOMALIES.

Other reports on N147BH · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20041106028729IPractice Training Manuevers · Houston, TX(-23) During a practice hydraulics off approach to landing, with the trainee at the controls, the aircraft began to turn left just prior to touchdown. The trainor took control of the aircraft and directed the trainee to turn on the hydraulics. The trainee…Nov 6, 2004 · Minor damage Accident 20030707021389AHovering(-23) After terminating in a hover configuration over the platform the pilot heard a loud noise. This initial loud noise was followed by an uncontrolled spin to the left. The pilot then regained control of the rotorcraft at aproximately 4 to 5 feet above the…Jul 7, 2003 · Substantial damage