- Date
- September 11, 2014, 12:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Umea, Sweden
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- SE-JRHAgustawestland AW139
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90719
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 11, 2014, at 1230 coordinated universal time, an Agusta Westland AW139, SE-JRH, experienced a detachment of the slip ring assembly for anti-icing of the tail rotor, near Umea Airport (ESNU), Umea, Sweden. The helicopter landed at ESNU without further incident. The four crew members onboard the helicopters were uninjured. The helicopter sustained no damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The flight was originating from ESNU at the time of the incident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Sweden. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Sweden. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) Sveavägen 151 Box 12538 102 29 Stockholm, Sweden info@havkom.se
Aircraft
- Registration
- SE-JRH
- Reported as
- Agustawestland AW139
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 499
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Sjofartsverket
- Departed
- Umea
- Airport
- Umea Airport